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Expected Date

Sponsors Notes 24-024 05/20/24 Report on work done with relevant City departments and the Cambridge Arts Council to consider whether Cambridge could facilitate a porchfest event. Nolan (Lead); Azeem; Simmons; Sobrinho-Wheeler 24-031 06/10/24 Provide an update to the Municipal Facilities Improvement Plan (MFIP) including revised cost estimates to help inform the FY26 and ongoing capital budget priorities in a timely manner. 12/09/24

Pickett (Lead); Nolan; Toner

24-032 06/17/24 Explore with the MBTA how to best ensure that the public art, Gift of the Wind, is preserved. Pickett (Lead); McGovern; Nolan;

Siddiqui; Simmons; Toner; Wilson

24-036 06/24/24 Develop for future inter-jurisdictional transportation projects a system to ensure coordinated and timely communication between multiple parties involved in such projects and report back to the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee in a time fashion. Pickett (Lead); McGovern; Siddiqui; Sobrinho-Wheeler 24-037 06/24/24 Consider a number of city application processes and find ways to reduce paper and printing waste 11/25/24

Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui; Sobrinho-

Wheeler 24-045 08/05/24 Review climate leading heating and cooling regulations and direct the appropriate departments to develop and implement a policy that aligns with Cambridge’s climate leadership to ensure that City operated buildings have default temperatures that align with health and sustainability best practices Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead);

Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); Azeem

24-049 09/09/24 Provide a status update on the implementation of the PACE program and provide resources and information for property owners; and provide any recommendations for expanding PACE adoption

Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui; Sobrinho-

Wheeler; Toner

24-053 09/16/24 Assist companies, institutions, and other organizations in adopting truck safety requirements for their fleets and finding trucking vendors who are able to comply by providing an informational resource and publicizing those that comply Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); McGovern;

Siddiqui; Wilson

24-054 09/16/24 Review Cambridge’s curb cut policies and report back on if they can be improved to help meet the City’s transportation and sustainability goals with some proposed updates and draft ordinance language designating City staff as the final approval authority for curb cuts. 01/13/25 Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); Azeem;

Siddiqui; Wilson

24-056 09/23/24 Direct the appropriate City staff to schedule at least one hazardous waste day and one paper shredding event per year to be held on a Sunday.

Simmons (Lead); Nolan

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Date Passed

Policy Order Summary

Status

Expected Date

Sponsors Notes 24-058 09/23/24 Requested to confer with the Finance Department, Law Department, and other relevant departments to explore the feasibility of a successor program to Rise Up Cambridge. Siddiqui (Lead); McGovern; Simmons;

Sobrinho-Wheeler; Wilson

24-059 09/30/24 Direct the appropriate City departments to assess the feasibility of installing speed control bumps on Antrim Street.

Simmons (Lead); McGovern

24-060 09/30/24 Report back to the City Council with details of an organized process for tracking grant activities, including but not limited to application, status tracking, and post-award activity.

Siddiqui (Lead); McGovern; Sobrinho-

Wheeler; Wilson

24-061 10/07/24 Produce the petition(s) necessary to accomplish the goal of lowering the speed limit as much as possible on all state highways that fall within Cambridge’s geographic boundaries, including and especially Memorial Drive.

Nolan (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler

(Lead); McGovern 24-062 10/21/24

Work with the Community Development Department

to provide an update on the status of the Resident

Experiences of Inclusion and Bias in Inclusionary

Housing in Cambridge report’s recommendations, including progress on implementation and planned next steps.

Siddiqui (Lead); Simmons; Sobrinho-

Wheeler; Wilson