City Council Meeting – October 27th, 2025

Meeting Link

City Manager’s Agenda

Appointments

• #1 (CMA 2025 #260) Family Policy Council – Reappointment: Shakia Afrose, Kieu Anh Huynh, Kam Maali

Appropriations and Grants

• #2 (CMA 2025 #261) $56,250 from the Children’s Trust grant for the Center for Families program to support full-time and part-time salaries, food for parenting support programming, program supplies, and staff training
• #3 (CMA 2025 #262) $4,300,000 from Free Cash replenish funds used from the the General Fund Employee Benefits Department Salary and Wages account which was tapped to fund the settlement to Said S. Abuzahra, Trustee of Equity Realty Trust, et al. v. City of Cambridge
• #4 (CMA 2025 #263) $20,000,000 from Free Cash to replenish the General Fund Employee Benefits Department Salary and Wages
  account which was tapped to fund the demolition of 221 Mount Auburn Street
• #5 (CMA 2025 #264) $2,905,500 from Free Cash to the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund

Reports and Communications

• #6 (CMA 2025 #265) A report on the Massachusetts Department of Revenue certification of the City’s Free Cash balance as of June 30, 2025, in the amount of $184,251,490
• #7 (CMA 2025 #266) A response to the request to evaluate the creation of a Business Improvement District in Porter Square

Policy Orders

That the council…

• #1 (POR 2025 #153) meet for a Joint City Council Roundtable with the School Committee on November 10, 2025.
• #2 (POR 2025 #154) “support for the workers of Cambridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in their efforts to secure fair wages, respect, and improved working conditions through collective bargaining”

Requests that the city…

• #2 (POR 2025 #154) “examine how to improve connectivity north of Rindge Avenue during the Linear Park Reconstruction Project so that vulnerable road users can bypass Rindge Avenue and Cedar Street where possible”