City Council Meeting – April 13th, 2025

Meeting Link

City Manager’s Agenda

Reports and Communications

• #1 (CMA 2026-88) A federal update
• #10 (CMA 2026-85) Police Review & Advisory Board Quarterly Report for the period of Fall 2025 through the First Quarter of 2026
• #11 (CMA 2026-87) An update on the City Manager Performance Review Process

Appointments

• #2 (CMA 2026-84) Election Commissioner: Sara Rivera
• #3 (CMA 2026-89) Bicycle Committee: 12 Reappointments and 8 appointments
• #3 (CMA 2026-86) Pedestrian Committee: 4 Reappointments and 13 appointments

Appropriations and Grants

• #5 (CMA 2026-83) $73,000 “to cover current and anticipated settlement costs for police personnel injured in the performance of their duties”
• #6 (CMA 2026-82) $37,411.95 “from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative Shannon grant to support hot spot patrols, youth violence reduction strategies, and the Focused Deterrence program, as well as the Teen Public Art program”
• #7 (CMA 2026-80) $15,560 from the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education grant to support the new and existing Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
• #8 (CMA 2026-79) $4,954.00 from “the MA Housing and Shelter Alliance grant to support operations of the men’s emergency shelter”
• #9 (CMA 2026-78) $13,064.00 “from the MA Housing and Shelter Alliance grant to support workforce development at the Cambridge Salvation Army

Policy Orders

That the council…

• #1 (POR 2026-75) “go on the record urging Harvard administration to end the practice of time caps for non-tenure track teaching faculty”

Requests that the city…

• #2 (POR 2026-76) “halt any further design, engineering, procurement, or construction activities related to implementing a reconfiguration of Garden Street to restore two-way motor-vehicle traffic”
• #3 (POR 2026-77) report on how the decision to install artificial turf at Ahern Field was made and the community process involved if any