Highlights
There are two agenda items that I’d like to highlight. CMA #11 and #12 are zoning petitions to updating the zoning of Cambridge Street and Massachusetts Ave. This is the start of a fairly lengthy process to update the zoning code.
City Manager’s Agenda
Reports and Communications
- #1 (CMA 2025 #224) Recommendations of the Community Preservation Act Committee
- #2 (CMA 2025 #225) Update from the legal department on the deadline for charter change
- #3 (CMA 2025 #226) Recommendations from the Cambridge Election Commission regarding the assignment of police officers to the City’s polling locations
- #5 (CMA 2025 #228) A report on the city efforts to address needle disposal and supplying Naloxone to the public
Fund - #7 (CMA 2025 #230) A report on potential parking issues and remediation at the eastern end of Broadway
- #8 (CMA 2025 #231) The Department of Transportation does not recommend advancing a public pod bike storage program
- #9 (CMA 2025 #232) The city is planing to start the pedestrianization of Lower Bow Street in the Spring
- #10 (CMA 2025 #233) The city has been engaged in conversations with the MBTA, MassDOT, and the HSBA about repurposing the long-abandoned MBTA tunnel in Harvard Square, but is not ready yet to take formal next steps.
- #11 (CMA 2025 #234) The city is submitting zoning petitions for Cambridge St for consideration by the city council
- #12 (CMA 2025 #235) The city is submitting zoning petitions for Mass. Ave for consideration by the city council
- #13 (CMA 2025 #236) An interim report on demolition and building permit applications received following the adoption of the Multifamily Housing Zoning Amendment on February 10th, 2025
Appropriations and Grants
- #4 (CMA 2025 #227) $28,512 from the state 911 Department Emergency Medical Dispatch grant so support quality assurance (call review) of the emergency medical protocol
- #6 (CMA 2025 #229) $1,703,731.64 transfer from the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund to the Opioid Settlement Special Revenue
Policy Orders
Requests that the city…
- #1 (POR 2025 #125) provide an update on the discussions with the MBTA and HSBA, the potential appropriation for the tunnel feasibility RFP
- #2 (POR 2025 #126) have the CPD review current crisis prevention protocols and clearly define the role of mental health professionals
- #3 (POR 2025 #127) evaluate and implement ICE Encounter Guidance
- #4 (POR 2025 #128) provide an update on rodent control measures citywide
- #5 (POR 2025 #129) develop a policy for the timely release of body-worn camera footage
Charter Rights
- #1 (POR 2025 #117) distribute TDMD funds equally among the Central Square Business Improvement District (BID), the East Cambridge Business Association, the Harvard Square Business Association, and the Kendall Square Association
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