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2026

• 2026-08-03 POR 2026-149 ✅: City Council support of the SEIU 32BJ facilities workers at MIT and their efforts to secure a fair contract
• 2026-08-03 COF 2026-106 📁: A communication from Mayor Siddiqui transmitting a memorandum regarding information from the School Committee
• 2026-08-03 CMA 2026-212 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a response to Awaiting Report 26-22 regarding el
• 2026-06-22 CMA 2026-185 📁: A communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a request to approve the use of electronic poll pads on elec
• 2026-05-19 POR 2026-108 ✅: That the Cambridge City Council go on record expressing support for UNITE HERE Local 26 in the boycott of the Hyatt Rege
• 2026-05-18 POR 2026-107 ✅: S&S Restaurant “Thank You” Celebration
• 2026-04-09 POR 2026-75 ✅: That the City Council go on the record urging Harvard administration to end the practice of time caps for non-tenure tra
• 2026-03-26 POR 2026-66 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to initiate the planning process for Cambridge 400 and as part of this, to convene a
• 2026-03-12 RES 2026-45 ✅: Congratulations to the team behind Eastern Edge Food Hall on the opening of this new space in Kendall Square.
• 2026-03-04 AR 2026-22 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments as well as the Election Commissioners to revie
• 2026-02-26 POR 2026-43 ✅: THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AND HEREBY IS REQUESTED TO WORK WITH RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE ELECTION COMMISSI
• 2026-02-09 POR 2026-36 ✅: Policy Order Supporting Union Recognition at Lamplighter Brewing Co., with Appreciation for the Owners’ Community Contri
• 2026-02-04 RES 2026-15 ✅: Resolution in Recognition of Michael J. Johnston, Esq., on his Retirement
• 2026-02-02 RES 2026-09: Resolution on the Retirement of Kate Joyce

2025

• 2025-12-08 POR 2025 #168 ✅: That the City Council go on record in support of Lesley University faculty in their fight for a fair contract and urging
• 2025-11-03 POR 2025 #158 ✅: That this City Council go on record urging the Harvard administration to engage in good faith with the demands of worker
• 2025-10-27 POR 2025 #155 ✅: City Council support for the workers of Cambridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in their efforts to secure fair wages,
• 2025-10-20 POR 2025 #151 ✅: City Council opposition to Harvard University’s efforts to strip union protections from workers in the Harvard Graduate
• 2025-10-20 POR 2025 #147 ✅: City Council support of the unionization efforts of Massachusetts State House legislative staff and H.2093/S.1343, and u
• 2025-08-04 CMA 2025 #213 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order Number 25-101, regarding Marasao, e
• 2025-08-04 CMA 2025 #206 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $500,000, from the General F
• 2025-08-04 CMA 2025 #198 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-28, regarding an
• 2025-08-04 CMA 2025 #191 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on Teamster strike and Republic Servic
• 2025-08-04 ARS-25-21: Awaiting Report Status Update 08.04.25
• 2025-06-30 POR 2025 #101 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to direct the City Solicitor to ensure that the wording for the proposed amendment to
• 2025-06-30 ARS-25-20: Awaiting Report Status Update 06.30.25
• 2025-06-23 POR 2025 #97 ✅: That the Cambridge City Council urges Mass General Brigham to recognize the MGB Primary Care Physician union and immedia
• 2025-06-23 POR 2025 #94: POR 2025 #94 : That the City Council go on record expressing its profound disappointment over Apex Clean Energy’s deci
• 2025-06-16 RES 2025 #148: That the City Council go on record thanking SEIU 32BJ for their vigilance, partnership and advocacy on behalf of unioniz
• 2025-05-19 APP 2025 #22 ✅: An application was received from Andrew Jawa, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 11 Union Str
• 2025-05-12 AR-25-28 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to prepare an update with details on the status of potential civilian flagger operati
• 2025-05-05 POR 2025 #67 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to prepare an update with details on the status of potential civilian flagger operati
• 2025-05-05 CMA 2025 #112 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-16, regarding MBT
• 2025-04-14 CMA 2025 #84 ↪: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-23 regarding a Ci
• 2025-01-27 CMA 2025 #14 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order Number 2024 #154, regarding the Cit

2024

• 2024-12-16 RES 2024 #304 ✅: Late Resolution Re Whitney's Bar
• 2024-12-09 POR 2024 #155 ✅: Congratulations to SHARE CHA and its members on filing for union certification with the Massachusetts Department of Labo
• 2024-10-21 CMA 2024 #221 ↪: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update from the Human Resources Department
• 2024-09-30 POR 2024 #134 ✅: City Council support of a fair union contract for Cambridge Hospital residents and calls on CHA leadership to swiftly an
• 2024-09-09 CMA 2024 #196 ↪: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 24-26, regarding cla
• 2024-09-09 CMA 2024 #195 📁: Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $350,000, from the General F
• 2024-09-09 APP 2024 #32 ✅: An application was received from FAST SIGNS OF WOBURN representing Bom Dough, requesting permission for a projecting sig
• 2024-06-24 RES 2024 #179 ✅: Gratitude to City Workers at DPW
• 2024-06-03 CMA 2024 #110 📁: Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $250,000, from the General F
• 2024-05-20 POR 2024 #65 ✅: City Council support of the Act Establishing Protections and Accountability for TNC and DNC Workers (S.627/H1158), which
• 2024-04-29 RES 2024 #79 ✅: Congratulations to the Blue Bottle Independent Union
• 2024-04-29 CMA 2024 #80 📁: Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $192,000 in the General Fund
• 2024-04-08 CMA 2024 #67 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 2024 #06, regarding
• 2024-03-25 CMA 2024 #61 📁: CMA 2024 #61 : A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number #24-0
• 2024-03-04 POR 2024 #29 ✅: In appreciation of Social Workers and National Social Worker Month

2023

• 2023-10-30 RES 2023 #289 ✅: Congratulations to Norma Wassel on being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Association of Social Wo
• 2023-09-11 CMA 2023 #234 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order # 23-133, regarding regarding possi
• 2023-08-07 POR 2023 #148 ✅: City Council support of graduate student workers of Northeastern University and their effort to form a union
• 2023-08-07 COF 2023 #138: information regarding the Cambridge Promise Pilot
• 2023-08-07 APP 2023 #46 ✅: An application was received from John Peterson representing Union Square Donuts, requesting permission for a projecting
• 2023-06-05 POR 2023 #100 ✅: Recognizing June 19, 2023 as Juneteenth in the City of Cambridge, and in urging all Cambridge residents to reflect upon
• 2023-05-08 CMA 2023 #131 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on Afterschool care
• 2023-03-06 RES 2023 #73 ✅: That the City Council recognize March as National Social Workers Month
• 2023-03-06 CMA 2023 #66 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $325,000 in the General Fund betw
• 2023-02-27 POR 2023 #39 ✅: That the joint Economic Development and University Relations and Neighborhood and Long-Term Planning, Public Facilities,
• 2023-02-27 ORD 2022 # 6 ✅: An Ordinance has been received from Diane P. LeBlanc, relative to Ordinance # 2022-6 Article III Green Jobs 2.66.100 Def
• 2023-02-13 CMA 2023 #41 📁: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the following persons as a me
• 2023-01-18 COF 2023 #14: A Communication received from Naomie Stephen, Assistant to the Council transmitting consolidated list of questions

2022

• 2022-12-05 CMA 2022 #237 ✅: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an amendment to the proposed Home Rule Petition
• 2022-11-21 POR 2022 #296 ✅: That the Rules of the City Council, Rule 24B be amended to strike the words “not limited to” from the first sentence and
• 2022-11-07 RES 2022 #289 ✅: Resolution Re Harvard Clerical and Technical Workers Union
• 2022-11-07 POR 2022 #288 ✅: Revised MBTA Bus Redesign
• 2022-05-23 CMA 2022 #117 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $60,000 from the General
• 2022-03-28 POR 2022 #50 ✅: City Council support urging the Massachusetts Legislature and the residents of Cambridge to oppose House Bill 1234 and t
• 2022-03-28 POR 2022 #48 ✅: City Council support of the MIT Graduate Student Union
• 2022-02-28 CMA 2022 #34 ↪: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Climate Resilience Zoning Task Force

2021

• 2021-11-22 POR 2021 #257 ✅: That the City Council go on record strongly urging Harvard and its property service contractors to offer a fair contract
• 2021-10-25 POR 2021 #238 ✅: That the Cambridge City Council go on record supporting the Harvard Graduate Student Union in their continued efforts to
• 2021-10-04 POR 2021 #209 ✅: City Council support of the MIT Graduate Student Union
• 2021-09-20 CMA 2021 #215 ✅: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request for approval to submit an amen
• 2021-08-02 CMA 2021 #182 ✅: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a recommendation of the Cambridge Histor
• 2021-06-07 POR 2021 #124 ✅: That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to work with the Director of the Public Libraries with input from the L
• 2021-05-24 COF 2021 #53: questions for the COVID-19 update
• 2021-03-29 POR 2021 #60 ✅: That the Cambridge City Council go on record expressing its gratitude for Dr. West’s time in Cambridge, its disappointme
• 2021-03-15 POR 2021 #52 ❌: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to reimplement capacity restrictions on indoor dining to ensure the saf
• 2021-03-08 COM 120 #2021: COM 120 #2021 : A communication was received from Carolyn Magid, regarding PO 2021 #36: Task Force Transparency PO 2021
• 2021-03-01 APP 2021 #7 ↪: ORDINANCE 2021-6: A Zoning Petition Has been received from Beals Associates Inc. regarding Broad Canal Subdistrict Zoni

2020

• 2020-12-21 POR 2020 #292 ✅: That the Cambridge City Council calls upon the Animal Legal defense Fund management to respect the democratic choice of
• 2020-12-14 CMA 2020 #286 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-62, regar
• 2020-12-07 AR-20-69: Report on formulating an RFP for a public arts project that will acknowledge the unfinished work of the 19th Amendment,
• 2020-11-23 POR 2020 #273 ✅: That the City Council formally go on record in asking the City Manager to work with the appropriate City Staff in formul
• 2020-11-09 RES 2020 #277 ✅: That the City Council go on record thanking the Cambridge Election Commission, for their tireless efforts this election
• 2020-10-26 RES 2020 #262 ✅: That the City Council go on record congratulating Andrea White on her historic appointment as President and CEO of Naveo
• 2020-10-19 CMA 2020 #230 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5,000,000 from Free
• 2020-09-21 POR 2020 #206 ✅: That the City Council stand in solidarity with the SECSE workers striking at Good Vibrations
• 2020-09-14 CMA 2020 #186 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 20-35, regar
• 2020-09-14 AR-20-35 ✅: Report on providing an update on the Cambridge Police Patrol Officers’ Association union contract negotiation
• 2020-07-27 POR 2020 #165 ✅: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Personnel Department and provide an update on the Ca
• 2020-07-27 CMA 2020 #150 ✅: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Surveillance Technology Impact Report
• 2020-06-15 RES 2020 #163 ✅: That the City Council go on record congratulating the CRLS Black Student Union Graduating Class of 2020, in recognizing
• 2020-06-08 COF 2020 #33: information from the School Committee’s Special Meeting and Regular Meeting
• 2020-05-11 POR 2020 #108 ✅: That the City Council go on record in solidarity with all Lesley University workers and in support of the demands of the
• 2020-05-11 COM 282 #2020 📁: Sundry communications were received in support of Lesley University Workers
• 2020-04-27 RES 2020 #94 ✅: Congratulations to Rui Domingos on his new position as the CEO/President of the MIT Federal Credit Union
• 2020-04-27 POR 2020 #90 ✅: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to establish what specific steps will be made to ensure the safety of t
• 2020-04-13 POR 2020 #83 ✅: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to light up City Hall blue to honor all frontline workers during the CO
• 2020-04-13 POR 2020 #81 ✅: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Public Health Department to develop and implement st
• 2020-04-13 COF 2020 #23: Communicating regarding COVID-19 Response
• 2020-04-06 RES 2020 #92 ✅: That the City Council go on record thanking the Black Student Union for their important video thanking the Cambridge Rin
• 2020-02-10 CMA 2020 #33 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-159, rega
• 2020-01-27 RES 2020 #24 ✅: Resolution on the death of Gloria Adkins

2019

• 2019-12-09 CMA 2019 #324 ↪: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to zoning language as requested by the Ordi
• 2019-12-09 CMA 2019 #319 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Surveillance Use Policy and related
• 2019-11-25 RES 2019 #390 ✅: Congratulations to Pastor Jaron Green on his new role as Pastor at the Union Baptist Church
• 2019-11-25 POR 2019 #378 ✅: That the City Council go on record condemning WeWork’s decision to terminate all of its cleaning and maintenance staff,
• 2019-11-25 CMA 2019 #306 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $62,500 from the General
• 2019-11-25 CMA 2019 #303 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 19-97, regar
• 2019-11-04 POR 2019 #366 ✅: Resolution in support of the Harvard Graduate Students Union-UAW’S demands for a fair contract now
• 2019-10-28 APP 2019 #83 ✅: An application was received from Brett Owens, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 579 M
• 2019-10-07 RES 2019 #342 ✅: Congratulations to Union Baptist Church on its' 141st Homecoming Celebration
• 2019-09-16 POR 2019 #305 ✅: That the City Council go on record urging Lesley University to reach an agreement with its faculty union that creates a
• 2019-09-09 COM 510 #2019 📁: Communications were received from Loren Crowe, Cambridge, regarding Sullivan Courthouse and Displacement
• 2019-09-09 AR-19-97 ✅: Report on posting information about safe needle disposal in city parks and public buildings and to direct the Police Com
• 2019-07-30 POR 2019 #244 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City departments to post the information from the Cambridge Pub
• 2019-04-22 POR 2019 #145 📁: City Council support of UFCW Union Members in their negotiations with Stop & Shop
• 2019-04-22 COF 2019 #24: a communication from Councillor Zondervan, transmitting a memorandum regarding proposed amendments to the Cannabis Busin
• 2019-04-08 POR 2019 #140 ✅: That the City Council go on record in support of the Harvard Graduate Students Union-UAW's demands for a fair contract n
• 2019-04-08 COF 2019 #18: a memorandum regarding the update on the search process to hire a new City Clerk to replace Donna Lopez when she retires
• 2019-04-08 CMA 2019 #88 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $335,000 in the General F
• 2019-03-18 POR 2019 #83 ✅: That the City Council go on record urging MassDOT to revisit and review plans for the forthcoming Union Square Station i
• 2019-03-18 COM 150 #2019 📁: Two communications received from Susan Markowitz, 20 Oak Street, relating to revisiting the plans for the proposed Union
• 2019-03-18 COF 2019 #12: a communication from Councillor Zondervan, transmitting a memorandum regarding "Affordable Housing Overlay Initial Thoug
• 2019-02-25 RES 2019 #57 ✅: Welcome Pastor Jaron Green to his new role as the Interim Pastor of the Union Baptist Church
• 2019-01-14 CMA 2019 #10 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-120, rega

2018

• 2018-10-29 POR 2018 #267 ✅: To strike ll.803.1 (b) (i) provision from the cannabis zoning proposed amendment
• 2018-10-15 POR 2018 #240 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to work with the Cambridge Police Department, Cambridge Fire Department, and Office o
• 2018-07-30 POR 2018 #190 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to work with the relevant City departments to provide increased oversight—including s
• 2018-06-25 CMA 2018 #170 ↪: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a revised draft of the proposed Surveill
• 2018-06-25 CMA 2018 #159 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $22,000.00 from the Water
• 2018-06-25 CMA 2018 #158 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $15,000 from the General
• 2018-06-04 RES 2018 #194 ✅: Congratulations to the CRLS Black Student Union graduating Seniors
• 2018-05-07 RES 2018 #152 ✅: Congratulations to the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers and all other students who stand to benefit f
• 2018-04-30 RES 2018 #148 ✅: Congratulations to Naveo Credit Union on the occasion of its 90th Anniversary
• 2018-03-26 CMA 2018 #67 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 17-95, regar
• 2018-01-08 AR-17-95 ✅: Report on the status of the all-electric, leaf-blowing park pilot, the effectiveness of the battery-operated equipment,

2017

• 2017-12-18 CMA 2017 #331 ↪: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Regulation for Keeping of Honey Bees
• 2017-12-11 CMA 2017 #318 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report 17-102, regarding the co
• 2017-10-23 CMA 2017 #276 ↪: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to information in response to discussion at
• 2017-10-16 ORD 2017 # 11 ✅: An amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge by adding a new Section 13.90 to Article 13.000 and amend
• 2017-10-16 CMA 2017 #264 📁: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 17-74, regar
• 2017-09-25 POR 2017 #255 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to consult with the Department of Public Works, the License Commission, and any other
• 2017-08-07 POR 2017 #206 ✅: That Section 4.67 “Registration" in the revised short-term rental text dated July 31, 2017 contained in Attachment B of
• 2017-06-19 POR 2017 #161 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Affordable Housing Trust with the view in mind of immediately cont
• 2017-03-06 CRT 2017 #9: a report from Councillor Leland Cheung and Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a pu

2016

• 2016-10-17 CMA 2016 #302 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Lisa C. Peterson, Acting City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the
• 2016-09-26 POR 2016 #251 ✅: City Council support for the Strike of Harvard Dining Workers and to join all picket lines of Harvard Dining Workers on
• 2016-09-26 CMA 2016 #286 ✅: A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the City's Agreement with MassDOT and MBTA
• 2016-09-19 CMA 2016 #264: CMA 2016 #264 : A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the appointment of the foll
• 2016-09-19 APP 2016 #78 ↪: An application was received from Harvard University Employees Credit Union, requesting permission for a sandwich board s
• 2016-09-12 RES 2016 #291 ✅: Congratulations to the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers and all other students who will benefit from
• 2016-09-12 POR 2016 #230 ✅: That the City Council go on record supporting the working families and individuals at the MBTA and opposing Governor Bak
• 2016-09-12 POR 2016 #228 ✅: That the City Council go on record supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Worker’s boycott of Wendy’s and urges residents
• 2016-08-01 POR 2016 #209 ✅: That the City Council call upon all project owners, public and private, to do their due diligence and work to avoid doin
• 2016-08-01 CRT 2016 #36: a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chair of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on June 29, 2
• 2016-06-27 CRT 2016 #32: a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone, Co-Chair of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on June 14, 2
• 2016-06-13 POR 2016 #166 ✅: That the Mayor convene a Task Force charged with establishing recommendations for the City Council on what the ideal min
• 2016-06-06 RES 2016 #181 ✅: Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Paul Robeson Ford as he celebrates his fifth year as Senior Pastor of the Historic Union Bap
• 2016-05-09 POR 2016 #131 ✅: That the City Council go on record amending Resolution #13 of which was previously adopted on January 25, 2016 to strike
• 2016-05-09 CMA 2016 #116 ✅: Transmitting Communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $50,000 from the General Fun
• 2016-04-25 POR 2016 #120 ✅: City Council support of the striking Verizon workers
• 2016-04-04 POR 2016 #101 ✅: City Council support of State Senate Bill S. 1022 which would allow municipalities in Massachusetts to set their own min
• 2016-03-21 POR 2016 #69 ✅: That the City Manager is requested to provide an update to the City Council as to what steps may have already been under
• 2016-03-14 CRT 2016 #6: a report from Mayor E. Denise Simmons, for a public hearing held on February 24, 2016 to discuss a zoning petition filed
• 2016-03-14 CMA 2016 #53 📁: A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the Wage Theft Prevention Executive Order
• 2016-01-11 POR 2016 #5 ✅: That the matter of creating smoke free places of employment to protect all workers in unenclosed areas be referred to th