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Awaiting Report Status Update 10.21.24
Awaiting Report Status Update 10.21.24
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
11/18/24
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
12/09/24
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
11/18/24
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
11/04/24
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
10/21/24
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
10/21/24
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
11/04/24
Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead); Sobrinho-
Wheeler (Lead); Azeem
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
11/04/24
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
10/21/24
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
24-053
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
01/13/25
Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); Azeem;
Siddiqui; Wilson
Awaiting Report Status Update 10.21.24
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.
Active
11/04/24
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
24-059
09/30/24
Direct the appropriate City departments to assess the feasibility of
installing speed control bumps on Antrim Street.
Active
11/04/24
Simmons (Lead); McGovern
24-060
09/30/24
Report back to the City Council with details of an organized process
for tracking HUD grant activities, including but not limited to
application, status tracking, and post-award activity.
Pending
TBD
Siddiqui (Lead); McGovern; Sobrinho-
Wheeler; Wilson
24-061
10/07/24
Produce the petition(s) necessary to accomplish the goal of lowering
the speed limit as much as possible on all state highways that fall
within Cambridge’s geographic boundaries, including and especially
Memorial Drive.
Active
TBD