Council Meeting September 23rd, 2024

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Charles J. Franklin

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The wearing in of Catherine Zusy to fill the City Council vacancy will precede the regular agenda.

City Manager’s Agenda

#1 (CMA 2024 #203) – Recommendations of the Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC) for FY2025
#2 (CMA 2024 #204) – Update on the Temporary Respite Center at the Registry of Deeds
#3 (CMA 2024 #205) – Update on the Children Savings Accounts Program with the East Cambridge Savings Bank
#4 (CMA 2024 #206) – The DPW is replacing the water fountain at the Anderson Tennis Courts
#5 (CMA 2024 #207) – Draft zoning language to eliminate exclusionary zoning and allow multifamily housing city wide
#6 (CMA 2024 #208) – City staff reached out to the MBTA about the University Pass pilot program and will now be reaching out to Leslie University

That the city…

#1 (POR 2024 #126) – “Work with the MBTA to prioritize addressing housing affordability in the redevelopment of the Alewife garage”
#2 (POR 2024 #127) – Schedule at least one hazardous waste disposal and paper shredding event per year
#3 (POR 2024 #128) – Immediately address the foul substances possibly leaking from DPW garbage trucks
#5 (POR 2024 #130) – Publicize Dyslexia Awareness Month and dyslexia resources and encourage residents and staff to wear red in October in lieu of lighting up City Hall red
#6 (POR 2024 #131) – Explore the feasibility of a successor program to Rise Up Cambridge
LATE (POR 2024 #132) – That the Council accept Multi Family Zoning Petition – Part 1, as presented in CMA 2024 #207, as a City Council Zoning Petition
LATE (POR 2024 #133) – That the Council accept Multi Family Zoning Petition – Part 1, as presented in CMA 2024 #207, as a City Council Zoning Petition

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