Pending Awaiting Reports

AWAITING REPORTS FORWARDD TO THE 2024-2025 CITY COUNCIL BY VOTE ON DECEMBER 18, 2023

19-66. Report on whether it is possible to reduce or eliminate Building Permit Fees for 100% affordable housing development projects, through an exemption or other means and investigate what types of real estate tax abatements are possible for 100% affordable housing moving forward.

Vice Mayor Devereux, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Carlone, Councillor

McGovern (O-3) from 6/3/2019 20-27. Report on the advantages and disadvantages of continuing with Civil Service, and the process by which Cambridge could exit Civil Service.

Councillor Nolan (O-5) from 6/22/2020

20-60. Report on analyzing eviction data from 2018 through 2021 and come back with a plan on how to use this data to inform our next action steps.

Mayor Siddiqui, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Sobrinho-

Wheeler (O-8) from 11/2/2020 20-72. Report on the condition of 105 Windsor Street and cost estimates of any repairs needed and provide recommendations on how to develop any other underused properties based on an inclusive public process centered in the Port neighborhood.

Councillor Zondervan, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Carlone, Councillor

Simmons (Calendar Item #1) from 12/14/2020

21-10. Report on whether or not the City can require written notice be sent to all abutters, both property owners as well as tenants, regarding the scheduling of a hearing regarding the extension of a building permit request to the Planning Board.

Councillor McGovern (O-5) from 2/22/2021

21-46. Report on the feasibility of purchasing properties for sale in the Alewife area to address City goals.

Vice Mayor Mallon, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Carlone (O-

1) from 6/14/2021 21-50. Report on providing an update on the cost of each license and permit required by businesses, which business license and permit fees are set under state law, which are set by ordinances, and which are determined administratively, as well as which licenses and permits the City has the discretion to waive entirely.

Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor Nolan, Councillor

Zondervan (O-9) from 6/14/2021 22-23. Report on providing an analysis of the impact of current curb cut policies, including (but not limited to) an explanation of the administration’s current procedures for notifying and conducting outreach to abutters and neighbors, the criteria for evaluating curb cut applications, and an approximation of the number of residential parking spaces that have been lost to new curb cuts each year over at least the last 2 decade.

Councillor Zondervan, Councillor Toner (O-8) from 4/11/2022

22-24. Report on determining what repairs to 205 Western Avenue would be needed to inhabit the space to allow the Cambridge Community Center to house their program. Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Carlone, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner,

Councillor Zondervan (O-1) from 4/25/2022

22-29. Report on introducing a pilot program to open two of our youth centers during the evening and weekend hours during the summer.

Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor Azeem, Councillor McGovern, Councillor

Simmons, Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Councillor

Zondervan, Mayor Siddiqui (O-1) from 5/9/2022

22-33. Report on consulting with the Executive Director of the Council on Aging,

Somerville and Cambridge Elder Services, and the Executive Director of Cadbury

Common to determine the feasibility of re-establishing some form of the Kate’s Café

Monthly LGBTQ+ Community Dinners either at Cadbury Common or at another

suitable location.

Councillor Simmons, Vice Mayor Mallon, Mayor Siddiqui (O-2) from 5/16/2022

22-36. Work on Implementing Recommendations from Working IDEAL Report.

Councillor Simmons (O-2) from 5/23/2022

22-38. Report on establishing a method of ensuring that anti-bias training is incorporated into the City’s hiring process at all levels.

Councillor Simmons (O-4) from 5/23/2022

22-46. Report on a plan for piloting more street closures for pedestrianization in Harvard Square.

Councillor Nolan, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Carlone, Vice Mayor Mallon (O-

5) from 6/27/2022 22-49.

Report on Establishing a Task Force on Cambridge's African American/Black

Residents.

Councillor Simmons (O-7) from 8/1/2022

22-55. Report on the status of the long term water projections and on what measures could be taken to conserve water.

Councillor Nolan, Councillor Azeem, Mayor Siddiqui, Vice Mayor Mallon (O-

14) from 8/1/2022 22-57. Report on Policy Order to investigate shared EV or Hybrid free bus service.

Councillor Toner, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Carlone, Councillor Azeem, Vice

Mayor Mallon, Councillor Simmons, Councillor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, 3

Councillor Zondervan (O-16) from 8/1/2022

22-61.

Report on communicating to the Cambridge Health Alliance the City Council’s

support for the reopening of the Cambridge Birth Center for deliveries as soon as possible and City Council support for the protection of existing birth centers and the creation of new birth centers in Cambridge.

Councillor Nolan, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Vice Mayor Mallon

(O-9) from 9/12/2022 22-64. Report on t detailing how other comparable municipalities handle their street corner dedication processes and on ways to honor those individuals who may not ultimately have a street corner named after them but who nonetheless deserve to have their names and accomplishments recognized.

Councillor Simmons (O-2) from 9/19/2022

22-67. Report on necessary preparations for the next Housing Committee meeting in the discussion on potentially allowing multifamily housing to be built citywide.

Councillor Azeem, Councillor Simmons (O-6) from 9/19/2022

22-69. Report on a community process on the future use of 105 Windsor Street.

Councillor Zondervan, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Carlone (O-11) from 9/19/2022

22-71. Report on convening an advisory group to determine ways in which the City can work to lift up the voices and experiences of the descendants of the Indigenous People who currently reside in our community.

Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor McGovern, Councillor

Toner (O-1) from 10/3/2022 22-73. Report on working with the Law Dept., to automatically provide an initial legal opinion to the City Council and the City Clerk at least three business days in advance of the first Public Hearing on any amendment to the Code of Ordinances formally introduced in the City Council.

Councillor Zondervan, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern (O-7) from

10/3/2022 22-83. Report on determining how the City could adopt G.L. c. 40, sec. 60B, created under the Municipal Modernization Act, which allows cities and towns, through their respective legislative bodies, to provide for Workforce Housing Special Tax Assessments Zones (WH–STA) as an incentive to create middle-income housing.

Mayor Siddiqui, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor Simmons, Councillor