City Council Meeting – March 24th, 2025
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Meeting Link
City Manager’s Agenda
Reports and Communications
- #1 (CMA 2025 #54) A recommendation for water and sewer rate increases starting April 1st. Water by 8.2% and sewer by 6.5%, resulting in a 6.9% increase for the combined rate
- #2 (CMA 2025 #55) The city has again received a AAA rating, the highest possible, from each of the nation’s three major credit rating agencies, one of only 22 cities nationwide
- #4 (CMA 2025 #57) A recommendation to update the city’s water use codes to be in compliance with the Water Management Act. This includes setting restrictions and penalties for certain types of outdoor water use
- #10 (CMA 2025 #63) A summary of a Planning Board Meeting on the 2024 Town Gown Reports and Presentations
- #11 (CMA 2025 #64) A proposed Home Rule Petition to, “raise the sound business practices and written quote contract thresholds under M.G.L. c. 30B for City contracts with certified disadvantaged businesses”
Appointments
- #3 (CMA 2025 #56) Coordinating Council for Children Youth and Families (a.k.a Family Policy Council) – Yoyo Yau
Appropriations and Grants
- #5 (CMA 2025 #58) $346,020 from Free Cash for expenses associated with salting of roads, snow plowing, and snow removal
- #6 (CMA 2025 #59) $500,000 from Free Cash for street repairs required due to significant winter weather damage
- #9 (CMA 2025 #62) $289,000 transfer to maintain Bluebikes equipment in a state of good repair
Responses to Council Requests
- #7 (CMA 2025 #60) The DPW, “will continue prioritizing outreach efforts and operational improvements, including specifically prioritizing crossing islands and extensive windrows associated with separated bike lanes at crosswalks”
- #8 (CMA 2025 #61) An explination of Eversource rate increases and the city’s response
- #12 (CMA 2025 #65) The city will write a letter to the DCR asking it to do an engineering study of traffic conditions at the intersections of Western Avenue and River Street at Memorial Drive and Soldiers Field Road (aka The Box)
- #13 (CMA 2025 #66) A report about the renewal of the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District
Policy Orders
Requests of the city
- #1 (POR 2025 #36) That the CDD develop a timeline for the next Incentive Zoning Nexus Study
- #2 (POR 2025 #37) That the Office of the Housing Liaison ensure start an outreach and assistance campaign to provide access to eviction record sealing
- #3 (POR 2025 #38) That the School Department, DPW, and other relevant departments allow the parking at King Open/Cambridge Street Upper School Complex to be used for either residential free parking or commercial parking during “off” hours
- #4 (POR 2025 #39) That the city meet with institutions currently operating shuttles to explore options for a municipal transit pilot
- #5 (POR 2025 #40) That the city, “light up City Hall in light blue, light pink, and white from March 31, 2025, until April 4, 2025, in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility”
Applications and Petitions
- #1 (APP 2025 #15) Temporary Pole Banners – Cambridge Community Foundation – 99 Bishop Allen Drive
- #2 (APP 2025 #16) Temporary Pole Banners – Cambridge Rindge and Latin School – Along Central Square and CRLS campus
- #3 (APP 2025 #17) Curb Cut – MGM Development Co. 74 Hammond Street
All comments are from members of our comment team.
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