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Awaiting Report Status Update 5.11.26
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Date Passed
Policy Order Summary
Status
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26-02
05/12/25
That the City Manager is requested to work with the School Department,
the Department of Public Works, and other relevant departments to
ensure that all city owned parking lots, with a focus on school complexes,
including the still under construction parking at Tobin/Darby Vassal school
complex, could be made available for after-hours use by residents.
Active
TBD
Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui; Toner; Wilson; Zusy
26-04
09/08/25
Seek input from the community as well as direct outreach to condo owners
and short-term rental operators and develop additional recommendations
based on the discussion in the Ordinance Committee
Active
06/01/26
Nolan (Lead); McGovern; Siddiqui; Sobrinho-Wheeler
26-07
01/12/26
Restricting Eligibility for On-Street Resident Parking Permits in New
Transit-Oriented Developments.
Active
06/15/26
Zusy (Lead); Azeem; Nolan
26-14
01/26/26
Comprehensive review of existing safety and security measures at
Cambridge City Hall, which shall include an assessment of physical
access controls, visitor screening practices, on-site security staffing and
training, emergency response and evacuation protocols, and the use of
security technologies such as surveillance systems and alarm monitoring.
Active
06/22/26
Flaherty (Lead); Simmons (Lead)
26-15
02/09/26
Examine if and how the City may prevent the hiring by the Cambridge
Police Department of any sworn officer who was hired by Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, or Customs and
Border Patrol.
Active
TBD
Al-Zubi (Lead); McGovern (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead)
26-16
02/09/26
Direct CDD to examine the feasibility, legal considerations, and
administrative requirements of permitting qualified third-party guarantors
or co-signers for applicants to Inclusionary Housing units and provide
recommendations as to whether such a policy could responsibly expand
access to these units.
Active
05/18/26
Azeem (Lead); McGovern (Lead); Simmons (Lead);
Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead)
26-18
02/09/26
Review the city’s digital equity work to date, including the study’s
recommendations and all steps taken since the study conclusion in order
to update the evaluation of existing internet access programs, assessing
whether residents’ digital needs are or could be better provided for and to
propose how we can better meet their needs and to report back to the
Council by June 2026 on internet access programs.
Active
05/11/26
McGovern (Lead); Nolan (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead);
Zusy (Lead)
26-19
03/02/26
Order in support of transparency and consistent publication of meeting
agendas and materials.
Active
06/22/26
Simmons (Lead); Zusy (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler
26-22
03/02/26
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with relevant
city departments as well as the election commissioners to review guidance
from the IRS and consult with other municipalities in order to simplify our
processes for paying election workers and pay workers by stipend without
mandatory withholdings or municipal retirement contributions.
Active
06/15/26
Nolan (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); McGovern; Zusy
26-25
03/02/26
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct all City
departments, boards, commissions, and offices to discontinue all official
posting and engagement on X within 60 days; and to include an
explanation of why the City will no longer use X.
Active
05/18/26
Al-Zubi (Lead); Nolan
26-26
03/23/26
That the City Manager is requested to direct the Community Development
Department and the Transportation Department to meet with Harvard's
Office of Community Relations and the Longwood Collective (MASCO) to
harmonize institutional bus protocols with public-facing commitments.
Active
TBD
Al-Zubi (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead); Nolan; Sobrinho-Wheeler
26-27
03/23/26
That the City Manager is requested to direct relevant City departments and
staff to examine and report back on whether the city can require single-
stall public bathrooms to be gender-neutral.
Active
05/18/26
McGovern (Lead); Azeem; Siddiqui; Simmons
26-28
03/30/26
Review the current legal landscape and provide recommendations for how
to regulate construction of data centers in Cambridge and protect
residents and
local resources and utilities from their impact.
Pending
TBD
Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead); McGovern; Zusy
26-29
03/30/26
Raise the fee to receive a residential parking permit program for all
residents to $75, to more accurately reflect the cost of administering the
program, and
consider how to include a self-identified check off option so as not to
increase administrative costs for a subsidized fee of $25 for residents who
live in affordable housing, are enrolled in a program such as SNAP or are
low income.
Active
TBD
Nolan (Lead); Zusy (Lead); McGovern; Sobrinho-Wheeler
26-30
04/13/26
Provide a report on how the decision to install artificial turf was made, the
rationale for artificial turf, and what process was taken to ensure
community concerns and public health considerations were fully
addressed, and to ensure that construction will not move forward until a
report is delivered.
Active
05/18/26
Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead); McGovern
26-31
04/27/26
Update the City’s “Succession Planning and Employee Ownership
Workbook” and any comparable written or online guidance so that worker
buyouts and worker cooperatives are clearly presented as standard
succession options for retiring business owners.
Active
TBD
Al-Zubi (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); Nolan; Siddiqui
26-32
04/27/26
Direct the Cambridge Department of Transportation (CDOT) and any other
relevant departments to halt any further design, engineering, procurement,
or construction activities related to implementing a reconfiguration of
Garden Street to restore two-way motor-vehicle traffic or relocate the
existing Bluebikes station and provide the City Council with a written
update within six months of passage of this Order describing an alternative
set of safety improvements that do not restore two-way motor vehicle
traffic on Garden Street.
Active
TBD
Al-Zubi (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead)
26-33
03/02/26
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.
Active
TBD
Nolan (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); McGovern;
Siddiqui
26-34
05/04/26
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant
City staff to review City ordinances regulating the operation of food
vendors in City parks; and be it further.
Pending
TBD
Azeem (Lead); McGovern (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler
(Lead); Siddiqui
26-35
05/04/26
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with relevant
staff to explore options for commissioning a comparable housing needs
study through a qualified research institution.
Pending
TBD
Zusy (Lead); Flaherty; Siddiqui