POR 2022 #95 · Agenda item attachment · May 16 2022

CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL Quinton Y. Zondervan City Councillor Dear Colleagues: May 23, 2022 I have proposed substitute amendments to Charter Right #1 that are responsive to various concerns raised at the May 16 meeting. I agree that we could benefit from not allocating the entire remaining amount right away, and also that the process should consider other council priorities in addition to community submissions. The substitute amendments address these concerns by reducing the scope to $10,500,000 and offering more specificity. It also asks for separate, careful consideration of the CNC proposal as well as the various proposals around housing stipends and supportive services for the unhoused community. The table on the next page contains a sample breakdown of how $10,500,000 could be used to fund the 18 listed applicants, to demonstrate that the revised ask is highly feasible. The list of requested allocations was carefully constructed with an eye towards addressing the range of council priorities. Specifically, this $10,500,000 allocation includes (some of the amounts below overlap): • $4,500,000 allocated to the affordable housing providers • $1,320,000 allocated to critical upgrades to shelters and low income senior housing • $850,000 allocated to direct services for people facing housing instability and homelessness • $3,450,000 allocated to addressing food insecurity • $1,000,000 allocated to major environmental justice and open space initiatives • $1,500,000 allocated to create economic opportunity for people impacted by the pandemic • $500,000 allocated to funding innovative, intersectional, and daring arts & culture proposals $1,500,000 allocated to funding crisis response and mental health initiatives CITY HALL, 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139 Email: [email protected]

% funded of Requested Proposed Applicant Category amount amount requested Environmental/open 8% $500,000 Friends of Jerry's Pond $6,600,000 space Environmental/open 28% $500,000 Magazine Beach Partners $1,800,000 space CHA 100% Food access $3,000,000 $3,000,000 CHA 100% Economic opportunity $742,700 $742,700 HRI 100% $500,000 Housing upgrades $500,000 100% Just a Start $280,200 Digital equity $280,200 100% DeNovo Housing stability $630,000 $630,000 100% Shelter upgrades Bay Cove $77,200 $77,200 C/S Health Care for the Homelessness and health 100% $220,000 $220,000 Homeless Homelessness and food 100% $250,000 On The Rise $250,000 access Food For Free $200,000 100% Food access $200,000 Homelessness, domestic 100% Transition House $750,000 $750,000 violence Arts/culture, economic 1% Starlight Square $125,000 $12,500,000 opportunity Crisis response, 9% HEART $500,000 $5,500,000 homelessness $565,000 100% Popportunity Program Economic opportunity $565,000 100% $221,000 Economic opportunity Green Cambridge $221,000 Cambridge Community 50% Mental health $1,000,000 $500,000 Center 100% Arts/culture $435,000 $435,000 Joyful Destinations 50% BARCC Crisis response $500,000 $1,000,000 29% $36,271,100 $10,496,100 Sincerely, com Quinton Y. Zondervan City Councillor 2