City Council Meeting – June 9th, 2025
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Meeting Link
City Manager’s Agenda
Reports and Communications
- #1 (CMA 2025 #140) Request to move to discussions of on-going legal matters to an Executive Session
- #4 (CMA 2025 #143) Report on the city’s action in response to the current drought
- #5 (CMA 2025 #144) Update on the city’s Zero Waste Master Plan
- #10 (CMA 2025 #149) Approval request to, “seek authorization from the MA Office of the for the City to use the Construction Manager at Risk procurement and construction method”
- #11 (CMA 2025 #150) The city will create a municipal lost and found at City Hall
- #12 (CMA 2025 #151) An, “amendment to the Fresh Pond Golf Pro Shop Fund ordinance to enable the funds to be used to cover the purchase of office supplies [and] supplies and services for the care, maintenance, and improvement of the golf course, shop, and parking lot”
- #14 (CMA 2025 #153) Update on the, “revised draft of the “Eastern Cambridge Community Enhancements” Zoning Petition.”
Appropriations and Grants
- #2 (CMA 2025 #141) Authorization request to, “transfer necessary funds needed to maintain appropriation control as part of the fiscal end-of-year closeout process”
- #3 (CMA 2025 #142) $118,620 from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services to fund the Human Service Programs Salary and Wages and Other Ordinary Maintenance accounts
- #9 (CMA 2025 #148) $40,625 from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community Safety Initiative dedicated to hot spot patrols, youth violence reduction strategies, and the Focused Deterrence program
- #13 (CMA 2025 #152) Authorization request for a, “spending limit of $200,000 for Fiscal Year 2026, for the Fresh Pond Golf Course Pro Shop revolving fund program”
Appointments
- #6 (CMA 2025 #145) Historical Commission – Appointments: Florrie Darwin, Scott Kyle, and Michael Rogove. Reappointments: Chandra Harrington, Joseph Ferrara, Elizabeth Lyster, Yuting Zhang, gavin Kleespies, Paula Paris, and Kyle Sheffield.
- #7 (CMA 2025 #146) Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District Commission – Appointments: Sarah Holt, Emily Oldshue, and Ruth Webb. Reappointments: Marie-Pierre Dillenseger, Donna Marcantonio, and Peter Schur
- #8 (CMA 2025 #147) Avon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District Commission – Appointments: Nondita Mehrotra. Reappointments: Constantin von Wentzel, Heli Meltsner, McKelden Smith, Theresa
Hamacher, and Freweyni Gebrehiwet
Policy Orders
Requests that the city…
- #1 (POR 2025 #84) determine whether the City Council can revoke an already approved curb cut if its application was incomplete due to “applicant failure”
- #2 (POR 2025 #85) draft an ordinance establishing the City of Cambridge Electronic Records Archiving Policy
That the council…
- #3 (POR 2025 #86) urge Governor Healey and MBTA leadership to amend the MBTA Alewife Station Complex redevelopment RFP to include eliminating untreated Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO), which lead to raw sewage spilling out into surrounding neighborhoods
- #4 (POR 2025 #87) support H2634: An Act relative to sexual assault by an officer
Charter Rights
Policy orders requesting that the city…
- #1 (POR 2025 #80) revise the Cambridge Municipal Code with language clarifying that city employees shall not participate in federal immigration enforcement operations
- #4 (POR 2025 #82) ensure that there is full open access for all users to Linear Park from Westley Avenue
All comments are from members of our comment team.
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