City Council Meeting – May 5th, 2025
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Meeting Link
City Manager’s Agenda
Reports and Communications
Responses to Council Requests
- #2 (CMA 2025 #110) The City has prepared a home rule petition to prevent residential property owners from passing on brokers fees to tenants
- #3 (CMA 2025 #111) Summary of all surveillance technology requests submitted to the Council for approval under the STO
- #4 (CMA 2025 #112) A response from the City and the MBTA about safety concerns
- #5 (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
- #9 (CMA 2025 #117) A review of the CDD‘s zoning priorities and their timelines
Appointments
- #6 (CMA 2025 #114) Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship – Subandha Karmacharya
- #7 (CMA 2025 #115) Planning Board – Carolyn Zern
Policy Orders
That the council…
- #1 (POR 2025 #64) support of the completion of the Mass Central Rail Trail
- #2 (POR 2025 #65) recognize May 2025 as National Water Safety Month
Requests that the city…
- #3 (POR 2025 #66) investigate bike pod storage options for various locations across the city
- #4 (POR 2025 #67) “explore a civilian traffic flagger program and update the current police union contract on the City’s website”
- #5 (POR 2025 #68) instruct the CDD to investigate the effectiveness of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and explore potential amendments to address the lack of “housing starts”
- #6 (POR 2025 #69) include in the FY26 budget funding for emergency housing vouchers, the Transition Wellness Center, and a successor to Rise Up Cambridge
- #7 (POR 2025 #70) instruct the CDD to draft a zoning proposal to codify first-floor retail by right in residential districts
Applications and Petitions
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