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CMA 2026-100

The appropriation and authorization to borrow $28,500,000 to provide funds for the Municipal Facilities Improvement Plan

How it started
Apr 23, 2026 · Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager.
What happened
Jun 1, 2026 · ✅ Adopted: the Council approved it (unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Ayah Al-Zubi
  • Burhan Azeem
  • Tim Flaherty
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Cathie Zusy
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
Roll call of Jun 1, 2026 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge
Taken upApr 23, 2026
Passed to a second reading and referred to…Apr 27, 2026
Heard in committeeFinance CommitteeMay 12, 2026
Heard in committeeFinance CommitteeMay 14, 2026
Adopted, 9-0-0Jun 1, 2026

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The document two council orders
🏛 The city's agenda for this meeting: Apr 27, 2026the city publishes no page for a single item: this one is a row on that agenda📄 Original PDF📄 Original PDF
City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
April 27, 2026

ORDERED: that $28,500,000 is appropriated, in addition to any amounts previously appropriated, for the purpose of planning and financing building renovations, including but not limited to the following projects in the municipal facilities improvement plan to support significant building improvements and deferred maintenance projects. Proposed projects include but are not limited to Public Works facilities, municipal offices, youth centers, libraries, and fire stations, and deferred maintenance, and to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer with the approval of the City Manager is authorized to borrow $28,500,000 under Chapter 44 of the General Laws or any other enabling authority.


IN CITY COUNCIL · April 27, 2026

ORDERED: that $28,500,000 is appropriated, in addition to any amounts previously appropriated, for the purpose of planning and financing building renovations, including but not limited to the following projects in the municipal facilities improvement plan to support significant building improvements and deferred maintenance projects. Proposed projects include but are not limited to Public Works facilities, municipal offices, youth centers, libraries, and fire stations, and deferred maintenance, and to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer with the approval of the City Manager is authorized to borrow $28,500,000 under Chapter 44 of the General Laws or any other enabling authority. In City Council June 1, 2026. Adopted by a yea and nay vote:- Yeas 9; Nays 0; Absent 0.- Attest:- Paula M. Crane, Interim City Clerk A true copy; ATTEST:- Paula M. Crane Interim City Clerk

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Apr 27, 2026