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Awaiting Report Status Update 9.30.24
Awaiting Report Status Update 9.30.24
AR #
Date Passed
Policy Order Summary
Status
Expected Date
Sponsors
Notes
24-024
05/20/24
Report on work done with relevant City
departments and the Cambridge Arts
Council to consider whether Cambridge
could facilitate a porchfest event.
Active
10/21/24
Nolan (Lead); Azeem; Simmons;
Sobrinho-Wheeler
24-031
06/10/24
Provide an update to the Municipal Facilities
Improvement Plan (MFIP) including revised
cost estimates to help inform the FY26 and
ongoing capital budget priorities in a timely
manner.
Active
10/21/24
Pickett (Lead); Nolan; Toner
24-032
06/17/24
Explore with the MBTA how to best ensure
that the public art, Gift of the Wind, is
preserved.
Active
10/21/24
Pickett (Lead); McGovern; Nolan;
Siddiqui; Simmons; Toner; Wilson
24-036
06/24/24
Develop for future inter-jurisdictional
transportation projects a system to ensure
coordinated and timely communication
between multiple parties involved in such
projects and report back to the
Transportation and Public Utilities
Committee in a time fashion.
Active
10/21/24
Pickett (Lead); McGovern; Siddiqui;
Sobrinho-Wheeler
24-037
06/24/24
Consider a number of city application
processes and find ways to reduce paper
and printing waste
Active
11/25/24
Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui; Sobrinho-
Wheeler
24-039
08/05/24
Feasibility of utilizing the large screen
televisions in the community rooms of CHA
buildings
Active
TBD
McGovern (Lead); Simmons (Lead);
Toner (Lead); Azeem
24-044
08/05/24
Legal opinion on whether Cambridge can
enact a local ordinance or regulation similar
to H.3685, which would prohibit
associations from unreasonably restricting
the use of a solar energy system, or
whether the City should submit a Home
Rule Petition to ensure access to solar
energy for residents
Active
10/07/24
Nolan (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler
(Lead); Siddiqui
24-045
08/05/24
Review climate leading heating and cooling
regulations and direct the appropriate
departments to develop and implement a
policy that aligns with Cambridge’s climate
leadership to ensure that City operated
buildings have default temperatures that
align with health and sustainability best
practices
Active
10/21/24
Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead);
Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); Azeem
24-047
09/09/24
Direct the appropriate City staff to provide a
comprehensive report outlining the City's
knowledge of the garbage chute issues at 1
Leighton Street.
Active
10/21/24
Simmons (Lead); Toner
Awaiting Report Status Update 9.30.24
AR #
Date Passed
Policy Order Summary
Status
Expected Date
Sponsors
Notes
24-049
09/09/24
Provide a status update on the
implementation of the PACE program and
provide resources and information for
property owners; and provide any
recommendations for expanding PACE
adoption
Active
10/28/24
Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui; Sobrinho-
Wheeler; Toner
24-050
09/09/24
Update on progress towards providing a
recommendation for changes to the existing
ordinance and a report on the impact of the
Short-Term Rentals in Cambridge, including
how enforcement happens and how many
units are registered and available.
Active
10/07/24
Nolan (Lead); Azeem; Siddiqui;
Wilson
24-051
09/09/24
Provide a status Update on Automated
Parking Enforcement.
Active
10/21/24
Nolan (Lead); Azeem; McGovern;
Sobrinho-Wheeler
24-052
09/16/24
Direct the Community Development
Department (CDD) and the Law Department
to draft zoning language based on the
proposal discussed at the Housing
Committee to eliminate exclusionary zoning
and allow up to six stories of multifamily
housing in all residential districts.
Active
09/30/24
Azeem (Lead); Siddiqui
24-053
09/16/24
Assist companies, institutions, and other
organizations in adopting truck safety
requirements for their fleets and finding
trucking vendors who are able to comply by
providing an informational resource and
publicizing those that comply
Active
TBD
Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); McGovern;
Siddiqui; Wilson
24-054
09/16/24
Review Cambridge’s curb cut policies and
report back on if they can be improved to
help meet the City’s transportation and
sustainability goals with some proposed
updates and draft ordinance language
designating City staff as the final approval
authority for curb cuts.
Active
TBD
Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); Azeem;
Siddiqui; Wilson
24-055
09/16/24
That the City Manager directs CDD to hold
public meetings to inform the Cambridge
community about the proposed changes
before any public hearings of the Ordinance
Committee and the Planning Board on this
topic.
to be removed
Awaiting Report Status Update 9.30.24
AR #
Date Passed
Policy Order Summary
Status
Expected Date
Sponsors
Notes
24-056
09/23/24
Direct the appropriate City staff to schedule
at least one hazardous waste day and one
paper shredding event per year to be held
on a Sunday.
Pending
TBD
24-057
09/23/24
Direct the appropriate DPW officials to
immediately address this issue so that foul
substances no longer leak from the DPW
garbage trucks
Active
10/21/24
24-058
09/23/24
Requested to confer with the Finance
Department, Law Department, and other
relevant departments to explore the
feasibility of a successor program to Rise
Up Cambridge.
Pending
TBD