2026-11-02 - City Council Regular Meeting

Summary

Regular meeting held Nov 2. Final actions and minutes are not yet posted, so votes are not recorded here.
City Manager Yi-An Huang's letter (CMA 2026-304) on MWRA discussions about combined sewer overflow infrastructure and Magazine Beach. See Magazine Beach CSO Storage Tank.
Two appropriations: $50,000 from Free Cash to the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund (CMA 2026-307) and $1,000,000 from that fund to the Grant Fund for Human Services other ordinary maintenance (CMA 2026-305). See Community Benefits Stabilization Fund Appropriations.
The tabled Harvard Square kiosk order (POR 2026-189) is on the calendar. See Harvard Square Kiosk Overhaul.

Built from the agenda (republished Oct 29); the recording is listed but no outcomes, transcript or minutes have been processed.

Sullivan Chamber, Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave. 5:30pm.

CMA 2026-304: City Manager letter on MWRA discussions on CSO infrastructure and Magazine Beach (Awaiting Report 2026-66). Magazine Beach CSO Storage Tank
CMA 2026-307: appropriate $50,000 from Free Cash to the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund. Community Benefits Stabilization Fund Appropriations
CMA 2026-305: appropriate $1,000,000 from the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance.
POR 2026-204: illuminate City Hall blue on Nov 14 for World Diabetes Day.
POR 2026-205: disability rights awareness and complaint processes.
POR 2026-206: concurrent demolition and tree-removal and building permits.
POR 2026-207: support the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA).
Calendar (tabled): POR 2026-189, Harvard Square kiosk. Harvard Square Kiosk Overhaul
APP 2026-77: blade sign at 95 Mount Auburn St (Pura Vida Miami).
COM 2026-49: communications; resolutions RES 2026-148 and 2026-150 (congratulations).