Awaiting Report Status Update 5.18.26

Simmons (Lead); Zusy (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler

26-22 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. 06/15/26 Nolan (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); McGovern; Zusy 26-25 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.

Al-Zubi (Lead); Nolan

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.

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. 06/08/26

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

Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead); McGovern; Zusy

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Awaiting Report Status Update 5.18.26

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Sponsors Notes 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.

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.

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.

06/08/26 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.

Al-Zubi (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead)

26-33 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 Nolan (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); McGovern; Siddiqui 26-34 05/04/26 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant City staff to review City ordinances regulating the operation of food vendors in City parks; and be it further

Azeem (Lead); McGovern (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler

(Lead); Siddiqui 26-35 05/04/26 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with relevant staff to explore options for commissioning a comparable housing needs study through a qualified research institution,

Zusy (Lead); Flaherty; Siddiqui

26-36 05/11/26 Do extensive outreach to residents, businesses, and property owners to communicate the current water level status and take all measures to reduce nonessential water use citywide, and provide a report on citywide water usage and water supply.

Nolan (Lead); Flaherty; Siddiqui; Zusy

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