City Council Meeting March, 4th 2024

Meeting Link

City Manager’s Agenda

Reports and Updates

• #1 (CMA 2024 #28) Update on Annual Surveillance Report
• #2 (CMA 2024 #29) Update on the Surveillance Technology Impact Report
• #5 (CMA 2024 #32) Final report from the Police Executive Research Forum
• #6 (CMA 2024 #33) Update on the Central Square Lots Study Report. Early action items include 105 Windsor Street and 84 and 96 Bishop Allen Drive

Appropriations

• #4 (CMA 2024 #31) $1,266,327 to purchase equipment to support the hazardous materials response team

Responses and Actions

• #3 (CMA 2024 #30) In response to (POR 2024#12), the city will likely install all-way stop signs at the intersection of Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, Binney Street, and Bristol St.
• #7 (CMA 2024 #34) In response to (AR 24-4), recommendations and legal opinions for adjusting transportation related fees
• #8 (CMA 2024 #35) An answer to how ARPA defines “Obligation”
• #9 (CMA 2024 #36) In response to (AR 24-7) a review of the Final Report of the Charter Review Committee

Applications

• Curb cut – Dylan James – 10 Hazel Street

Policy Orders

• #1 (POR 2024 #26) Requesting that the “Executive Assistant to the City Council confer with the Dedication Committee to consider a request for a dedication in a suitable location in honor of Paul Ryder”
• #2 (POR 2024 #27) Assessing the safety of the sidewalks in Carl Barron Plaza (Central Square)
• #3 (POR 2024 #28) Cancelling the City Council meeting of March 11, 2024
• #4 (POR 2024 #29) Declaring an appreciation of Social Workers

not just in Cambridge, but around the country, for their tireless dedication to helping others, improving communities and efforts to make our world a more equitable and just place, and proclaiming the month of March 2024 as National Social Work Month

• #5 (POR 2024 #30) Expanding services for tenants in the city, including legal and mediation services, as well as sending an annual notice to landlords and tenants about tenants rights