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CMA 2026-220 · Agenda item attachment · Aug 3 2026
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to awaiting report #26-35 which requested that the City Manager work with relevant departments to review the state bills referenced as well as the previously filed Home Rule Petition and prepare a new Home Rule Petition that would allow Cambridge to install and operate cameras to enforce red light, speeding, or other moving violations.
To:
Yi-An Huang, City Manager
From:
Brooke McKenna, Commissioner
Date:
July 30, 2026
Subject: Awaiting Report 2026-35
In response to Awaiting Report 2026-35, in which the City Manager is requested to work with
relevant departments to review the state bills referenced as well as the previously filed Home Rule
Petition and prepare a new Home Rule Petition that would allow Cambridge to install and operate
cameras to enforce red light, speeding, or other moving violations as outlined in H.3754 and
S.2344 and the prior home rule, we report the following:
As the end of the state’s formal legislative session approaches, both the House and Senate bills
are outstanding, and changes may still be made. Between the end of the session and the end of
the term, the legislation will either pass or expire. If statewide legislation related to automated
enforcement passes this term, the City will be able to incorporate traffic camera enforcement into
our traffic enforcement efforts. If the statewide legislation does not pass, we will be able to
incorporate the final elements from those bills into a new Home Rule Petition and submit it to the
Council to act on in January.