Council Meeting – April 7th, 2025

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City Manager’s Agenda

Reports and Communications

  • #1 (CMA 2025 #76) A report on the conclusion of a comprehensive facilities assessment of 10 CPS facilities, which was commissioned in 2022

Appointments

  • #2 (CMA 2025 #77) Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship. Appointments: Raul Ripoll Vera and Sarah Figge Hussain. Reappointments: Karim El Razzaz

Appropriations and Grants

  • #3 (CMA 2025 #78) $15,000 from the Urban Areas Security Initiative grant to support a Mass Notification System Service
  • #4 (CMA 2025 #79) A proposed amendment to the Drought Ordinance to further restrict non-essential outdoor water use during drought conditions

Policy Orders

That the council…

Send a formal invitation to Mr. Gerald Chan to come before the Economic Development and University Relations Committee to answer questions and present his plans for the Harvard Square Movie Theater, as well as his other vacant properties in the City

Background, many of Mr. Chan’s properties are vacant or closed. For example, the Harvard Square Movie Theater has been closed since 2012 with no published plans for its future use.

Clarification: The theater was closed before Mr. Chan purchased it

That the city…

  • #2 (POR 2025 #50) continue funding of the Transitional Wellness Center

Charter Rights

  • #1 (CMA 2025 #71) The city has provided 4 options for the return of Garden Street to two way traffic
  • #2 (RES 2025 #77) The Annexation of Boston and Formation of MegaCambridge on April 1
  • #3 (POR 2025 #47) That the city move forward with Option 4 to reopen Garden street to two way traffic while maintaining separated bike lanes

Unfinished Business

  • #1 (ORD 2025 #8) “An Ordinance […] relative to Cambridge Municipal Code 13.08, Water System Regulations and Chapter 13.12, Water Reservoirs”
    Eligible to be ordained on April 7th, 2025

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