City Council Meeting – May 12th, 2025
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Meeting Link
City Manager’s Agenda
Reports and Communications
- #1 (CMA 2025 #118) Technical corrections to the Floodplain Zoning text
Policy Orders
Requests that the city…
- #1 (POR 2025 #71) meet with the Harvard Square Business Association to explore the possible redevelopment of the currently abandoned Harvard Square MBTA tunnel into a, “revitalized commercial or cultural space,” and to provide $72,000 to fund an RFP for a tunnel engineering study
- #2 (POR 2025 #72) work with the School Department, the DPW, and other parties to ensure that all city owned parking lots, in particular CPS ones, are available for use by residents during “off” hours
Charter Rights
- #1 (POR 2025 #68) Instructs the CDD to investigate the effectiveness of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and explore potential amendments to address the lack of “housing starts”
- #2 (POR 2025 #69) Requests that the FY26 budget include funding for emergency housing vouchers, the Transition Wellness Center, and a successor to Rise Up Cambridge
- #3 (POR 2025 #70) Instructs the CDD to draft a zoning proposal to codify first-floor retail by right in residential districts
- #4 (APP 2025 #19) Curb cut – Matt Mayo – 49 Alpine Street
On the Table
- #1 (CMA 2025 #113) City staff have met with Interim Superintendent David Murphy and will further investigate allowing the general public to use the King Open school parking lot during off hours
All comments are from members of our comment team.
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