City Council Meeting – June 10th, 2024

Meeting Link

City Manager’s Agenda

Grants And Appropriations

• #1 (CMA 2024 #118) – $60,000 grant from the Harvard Business School Leadership Fellows Program to the Executive Salaries and Wages account
• #2 (CMA 2024 #119) – $21,023 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) CDBG entitlement program to, “provide affordable housing, revitalize neighborhoods, and expand economic opportunities to low and moderate-income persons.”
• #3 (CMA 2024 #120) – $31,428.45 grant from the HOME Grant Program Income to support the development of affordable housing activities
• #4 (CMA 2024 #121) – $9,988 grant from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Income for the development of affordable housing

Communications and Reports

• #5 (CMA 2024 #122) – Notice that some funds and appropriations will need to be shuffled around for the end of the 2024 fiscal year
• #6 (CMA 2024 #123) – The fourth annual Cycling Safety Ordinance (CSO) progress report. Click here for the full PDF.
• #7 (CMA 2024 #124) – A detailed justification for the increased fees for Youth Centers for the 2024-2025 school year

Policy Orders

• #1 (POR #76) – Requests that the City Manager provide an update to the Municipal Facilities Improvement Plan (MFIP)
• #2 (POR #77) – That the council go on record requesting, “that MassDOT begin engaging with Cambridge residents and the Cambridgeport neighborhood early and often throughout the BU Rotary/Reid Overpass Reconstruction.”
• #3 (POR #78) – Requesting that the City Manager support local news production by conducting a $100,000 per year city-backed news fund pilot for up to three years
• #4 (POR #79) – That the council go on record urging Fenway Health to reconsider the closure of the Central Square Boomerangs thrift store
• #5 (POR #80) Late Order – That the council go on record asking Rockland Trust to use a grant model so that the city may support the Neville Center nursing home

Charter Right Policy Orders

• #1 (POR 2024 #70) – Requesting that the city, “explore the feasibility of delaying the Mass Avenue reconstruction project to minimize its impact upon the busy season for restaurants and other affected businesses.”