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City Manager’s Agenda

Reports and Communications

• #6 (CMA 2026-313) A food access report
• #7 (CMA 2026-314) Accessible public accounting system for tree removal data
• #8 (CMA 2026-315) A progress update on the modernization of Cambridge’s Enterprise Resource Planning software systems
• #9 (CMA 2026-316) An update on ongoing Emergency Management efforts

Appropriations and Grants

• #1 (CMA 2026-308) $4,800 from the Community Development Block Grant to support housing initiatives
• #2 (CMA 2026-309) $1,452,018.24 from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Community Connections Grant to support transportation initiatives
• #3 (CMA 2026-310) $1,020,287 from the FY27 Home Energy Assistance Program to support utility assistance for low-income households
• #4 (CMA 2026-311) $52,650 from Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services to support Human Service Programs
• #5 (CMA 2026-312) $48,000 from the Friends of the Community Learning Center to support Human Service Programs

Policy Orders

Requests that the city…

• #3 (POR 2026-210) “illuminate City Hall in yellow on Thursday, November 12, 2026, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Massachusetts SE-PACs”
• #4 (POR 2026-211) draft a home rule petition authorizing the City to regulate or prohibit the application of anticoagulant rodenticides
• #5 (POR 2026-212) evaluate and implement traffic-calming and safety measures for micromobility devices on pathways within and adjacent to Cambridge Common
• #6 (POR 2026-213) review existing conditions on Sherman Street in the vicinity of Cadbury Commons and determine appropriate traffic calming measures to reduce speeding

That the council…

• #1 (POR 2026-208) forward proposed language for “An Ordinance Providing Protection for Tenants Facing Displacement by Condominium/Cooperative Conversion” to the Ordinance Committee for hearing and report
• #2 (POR 2026-209) cancel the City Council meeting scheduled for Monday, January 4, 2027
• #7 (POR 2026-214) refer proposed amendments to the Pet Shop Ordinance to include fish and crustaceans to the Ordinance Committee for a hearing

Charter Rights

• #1 (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