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Awaiting Report Status Update 5.4.26
Awaiting Report Status Update 5.4.26
AR#
Date Passed
Policy Order Summary
Status
Expected Date
Sponsors
Notes
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
05/04/26
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
05/11/26
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
05/11/26
Al-Zubi (Lead); Nolan
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Awaiting Report Status Update 5.4.26
AR#
Date Passed
Policy Order Summary
Status
Expected Date
Sponsors
Notes
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
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