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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.

Pickett (Lead); Nolan; 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; 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; 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. Pending Siddiqui (Lead); McGovern; Simmons;

Sobrinho-Wheeler; Wilson

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. 01/06/25

Siddiqui (Lead); Simmons; Sobrinho-

Wheeler; Wilson

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Sponsors Notes 24-063 11/04/24 Recognize and honor Massachusett Tribe during key official events, documents, websites, and communications, establish a living memorial in Cambridge that honors the Massachusett Tribe, with special recognition of Sqa Sachem for her leadership and enduring legacy and place a plaque with this language in a prominent location within City Hall Simmons (Lead); McGovern; Toner; Wilson 24-064 Work with relevant City departments to prepare a Home Rule Petition to enact legislation which would allow the City of Cambridge to prohibit associations from unreasonably restricting the use of a solar energy system. Referred to Committee

Nolan (Lead); Azeem

24-065 Work with the Law Department to draft a home rule petition for the creation of a Cambridge Jobs Training Trust, and report back to the City Council in a timely manner. 01/06/25 Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); McGovern; 24-066 Work with relevant City departments to prepare a draft home rule petition to authorize the City of Cambridge to implement automated parking enforcement technology; and to continue to work with the City of Boston to collaborate on the home rule process. Pending Nolan (Lead); Azeem; Siddiqui;

Sobrinho-Wheeler; Wilson