THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS REQUESTED TO CONFER WITH RELEVANT CITY STAFF AND REPORT BACK WITH INFORMATION AS THE FIRST STEP IN THE EXPLORATION OF A POTENTIAL CAMBRIDGE SNOW CORPS PROGRAM

How it started

Feb 26, 2026 · Proposed by Councillors Sobrinho-Wheeler and Nolan, Mayor Siddiqui, and Councillor Al-Zubi: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Mar 2, 2026 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (voice vote, 9 present)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Ayah Al-Zubi
Burhan Azeem
Tim Flaherty
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Cathie Zusy

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge · roster: PrimeGov roll calls, Mar 2, 2026

What’s next

⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.

The document Agenda item attachment · 2 pages

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ORDERED: That the City Manager be and is hereby requested to confer with relevant City staff and report back with information on the following as the first step in the exploration of a potential Cambridge Snow Corps program: 1. Data on the City’s Snow Exemption program for low-income elderly and disabled homeowners, including how many residents are currently signed up for snow exemptions 2.

Data on the Student Shoveler Program, including how many teens are currently included in the program, how many new sign-ups there are per year, and how many requests the Council on Aging has received for connections with student shovelers 3.

SeeClickFix data on “Icy or Unshoveled Sidewalks”, and any other data on unshoveled crosswalk or bus stop requests, including how many requests have been made and responded to so far in 2026, the geographical distribution of the requests, and other relevant patterns in the data 4. The number of citations issued for icy or unshoveled sidewalks in the last three years and 2026 year-to-date; and be it further

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council in a timely manner.

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Mar 2, 2026