City Council Meeting – November 2nd, 2026

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Meeting Link

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City Manager’s Agenda

Reports and Communications

  • #1 (CMA 2026-304) discussions with MWRA about improvements to water quality and advancement of CSO infrastructure without taking of public parkland or prolonged disruption to Magazine Beach

Appropriations and Grants

  • #2 (CMA 2026-307) $50,000 from Free Cash to the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund
  • #3 (CMA 2026-305) $1,000,000 from the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to support human services programs

Policy Orders

Requests that the city…

  • #1 (POR 2026-204) illuminate City Hall in blue on Saturday, November 14, 2026, in honor of World Diabetes Day
  • #2 (POR 2026-205) work with the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities, the Cambridge Human Rights Commission, and relevant City departments to strengthen public awareness of disability rights, reasonable accommodations, and available complaint processes, and to identify barriers to community integration within City programs and services
  • #3 (POR 2026-206) confer with relevant city staff to consider an integrated development review process in which demolition and tree removal permits are reviewed and issued concurrently with building permits

That the council…

  • #4 (POR 2026-207) support the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) and urge the conference committee on the economic development bill to adopt the House’s local-option version

All comments are from members of our comment team.

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