Council Meeting September 30th, 2024

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Charles J. Franklin

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City Manager’s Agenda

#1 (CMA 2024 #209) – A report about the Critical Incident Management System requested by the CPD
#6 (CMA 2024 #214) – The Historical Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Mary Fiske Stoughton House at 90 Brattle Street be protected with a Preservation Restriction
#7 (CMA 2024 #215) – A report from the Half Crown-Marsh NCD Commission
#8 (CMA 2024 #216) – A recommendation to authorize the purchase of land located at 0 Cambridge/Concord Turnpike in Lexington to protect the Hobbs Brook Reservoir which is part of the city’s aquifer.
#9 (CMA 2024 #217) – A legal opinion from the city solicitor on proposed amendments to the Multifamily Zoning Petitions. In short:
- The amendment to lower the proposed hight increase in some neighborhoods can be made after the council accepts the petition
- The amendments to adjust Inclusionary Housing ordinances and allow additional height on some streets cannot be done as an amendment after the council accepts the petition

#2 (CMA 2024 #210) – Anne B. Odera – Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship

#3 (CMA 2024 #211) – $1,700 from the Social Capital Inc. grant, awarded to the Moses Youth Center
#4 (CMA 2024 #212) – $54,360 from the Cambridge Community Foundation Alice Wolf Early Education and Care Fund to provide support for training for early childhood educators
#5 (CMA 2024 #213) – $55,000.00 received from the Cambridge Community Foundation to support the Agenda for Children Out of School Time Initiative to support the Agenda for Children Youth Connector

That the city council…

#1 (POR 2024 #134) support of a fair union contract for Cambridge Hospital resident physicians
#3 (POR 2024 #136) support of the Week Without Driving challenge

That the city…

#2 (POR 2024 #135) install speed bumps on Antrim Street
#4 (POR 2024 #137) petition the state to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists on Memorial Drive and lower the speed limit on state highways within the city limits, especially Memorial Drive
#5 (POR 2024 #138) report on the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) NOFO

#1 (CMA 2024 #207) – Draft zoning language to eliminate exclusionary zoning and allow multifamily housing city wide
#2 (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
#3 (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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