A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-36, regarding a further response to the request that the exception language in Chapter 2.129.040 Section J of the Cambridge Municipal Code be revised with language clarifying that Cambridge city employees shall not participate in federal immigration enforcement operations and that the sole role of Cambridge city employees during any action by ICE is only to protect public safety and not to assist or facilitate the work of ice

Megan B. Bayer Assistant City Solicitors TOVE OS Paul S. Kawai City Solicitor Sean M. McKendry Diane O. Pires Elliott J. Veloso Deputy City Solicitor Sydney M. Wright Evan C. Bjorklund Franziskus Lepionka Kate M. Kleimola Andrea Carrillo-Rhoads First Assistant City Solicitor Joseph R. Posner CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Public Records Access Officer Office of the City Solicitor Seah Levy 795 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 August 4, 2025 Yi-An Huang City Manager Cambridge City Hall 795 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Re: Further Response to AR 25-36 Requesting that the exception language in Chapter 2.129.040 Section J of the Cambridge Municipal Code be revised with language clarifying that Cambridge city employees shall not participate in federal immigration enforcement operations and that the sole role of Cambridge city employees during any action by ICE is only to protect public safety and not to assist or facilitate the work of ICE Dear Mr. Huang: I am writing to further respond to the above Council Order. I submitted an initial response to the Council on June 30, 2025, which included proposed changes to the Welcoming Community Ordinance. Those proposed changes were discussed at the Ordinance Committee on July 28, 2025. At the Ordinance Committee, the Committee members discussed possible additional changes to Subsection (K) of Section 2.129.040 of the Ordinance to remove references to specific actions of the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) Command Staff, versus the specific actions of responding CPD officers. Instead that section would just refer to the actions of CPD generally. City staff have no objection to those changes, and CPD will ensure that CPD's internal policies establish the role of Command Staff versus officers when responding to calls regarding federal immigration enforcement action. These additional changes are highlighted in the attached redlined version of the Welcoming Community Ordinance. If the Council wishes to incorporate these changes, the Council should vote to amend prior to a vote to ordain. Very truly yours, MangaloBay Megan B. Bayer City Solicitor Attachment Facsimile [phone removed] Telephone [phone removed] TTY/TTD [phone removed]