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	December 7, 2009; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to discuss the matter of the merge of Route 2 eastbound and Route 16 with relevant City departments and DCR staff and report back to the City Council on how this merge could be made less nervewracking. View full text of Order
	November 16, 2009; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the Cambridge Street shooting on the afternoon of Monday, November 9, 2009, to include the status of follow-up investigations and communication to neighboring residents and businesses. View full text of Order
	November 2, 2009; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to review the issue of bike racks with relevant City staff and property owners in the Fresh Pond area and Broadway Market area and to report back to the City Council on the possibility of having either the City or relevant property owners provide additional bike parking at these locations. View full text of Order
	November 2, 2009; Policy Order O-3 That the City Manager is requested to review this issue with relevant City staff and to report back to the City Council how many out of town officers are picked for construction details in Cambridge, how they are picked for construction details in Cambridge, how those officers are trained and supported to provide the same security as Cambridge police officers working construction details, how they are supervised while working these details and how any complaints against them are handled. View full text of Order
	November 2, 2009; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Police Commissioner to provide the City Council with enforcement statistics for cyclists infractions including patterns in higher pedestrian areas like Central Square. View full text of Order
	October 5, 2009; Policy Order O-10 That the City Council hold a special meeting on the status of the Police Review and Advisory Board and all related topics. View full text of Order
	October 5, 2009; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on what may have caused recent disturbances in the Wellington-Harrington area, to include a reportedly large melee outside the Frisoli Youth Center on the evening of Thursday, September 24, 2009 and how the City is responding to these events. View full text of Order
	October 5, 2009; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an update on the City's plans to meet the tree planting list and other various tree-related issues. View full text of Order
	October 5, 2009; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on what sort of formal procedures and handouts the Cambridge Police Department has to help people better understand the Police Department's role and responsibilities in the aftermath of a traumatic event. View full text of Order
	October 5, 2009; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an explanation of the Cambridge Police Department's policy on making available to the public information about crimes and suspects and other information not prohibited from public release. View full text of Order
	October 5, 2009; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the Department of Conservation and Recreation's work within the wetlands buffer zone along the Charles River, if there have been any violations of either granted Orders of Conditions or of the underlying wetlands law and, if so, how Cambridge is enforcing the wetlands law as it impacts Department of Conservation and Recreation work. View full text of Order
	October 5, 2009; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the reason six trees were cut down in front of the LBJ apartments, whether there had been apppropriate public notice and a relevant street tree removal hearing and what plans there are, if any, to replace those trees. View full text of Order
	September 14, 2009; Policy Order O-19 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the City's plans to help fund the Housing Authorities redevelopment projects, to include any land swaps, loan backing or direct financial assistance. Response given verbally by City Manager at Council Meeting of 9/14/2009. View full text of Order
	September 14, 2009; Policy Order O-20 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the protocols followed by City agencies and large-scale housing providers relevant to bedbugs and other similar infestation. View full text of Order
	September 14, 2009; Policy Order O-21 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of street crimes and relevant investigations as well as under what circumstances an Electronic Alert should be issued. View full text of Order
	September 14, 2009; Policy Order O-26 That the City Council's Human Services Committee is requested to hold a hearing in the near future to discuss homeless issues in Cambridge with the goal of helping to determine if proper regulatory, to include appropriate zoning and licensing regulations, and support programs are in place to address homeless issues in Cambridge. View full text of Order
	July 27, 2009; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff to attempt to devise and implement a notification system, such as attaching flags or stickers to items awaiting repair, where park users would be able to review maintenance issues at a park and understand the current status of any repairs. View full text of Order
	July 27, 2009; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff and report back to the City Council on the status of the the pedestrian "Super Crosswalk" at Harvard Square and the City's plans to make the relevant signals clearly visible to pedestrians at all points in or near the crosswalk. View full text of Order
	July 27, 2009; Policy Order O-33 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Assistant City Manager for Community Development to provide the City Council with a description of what zoning uses are permitted as of right at 1607-1615 Massachusetts Avenue and what the effect of the building being empty for more than two years for remediation of contamination would have on the ability to continue the nonconforming retail uses. View full text of Order
	June 29, 2009; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to direct the relevant City departments to review the City's policies on sidewalk cafes and, in particular, to review the sidewalk area in front of Christopher's Restaurant & Bar to ensure that both the outdoor seating and pedestrians can be adequately accomodated. View full text of Order
	June 29, 2009; Policy Order O-3 That the issue of Cambridge's formally adopting a proposed "Treaty of Respect" concerning Native Americans be referred to the Civic Unity Committee. View full text of Order
	June 29, 2009; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the DCR and relevant City staff to ensure that the DCR and City pools in Cambridge have adequate security, be it Cambridge Police Department staff, State Police officers, Department of Human Services staff or any other relevant personnel to maintain a suitable level of safety and comfort at and around DCR and city-owned pools. View full text of Order
	June 29, 2009; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Police Commissioner to increase enforcement of motor vehicle laws to prohibit travel by inappropriate motorized vehicles in bicycle lanes or to the right of traffic. View full text of Order
	June 15, 2009; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the potential use by City departments and staff of social networking programs such as Twitter and Facebook. View full text of Order
	June 15, 2009; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to direct relevant City departments to review the parking conditions on Massachusetts Avenue north of Porter Square, to include no-parking and loading zones, to ensure that metered spaces exist where appropriate and are properly marked. View full text of Order
	June 15, 2009; Policy Order O-3 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the current status of the City's 5-year plan for road and sidewalk work, to include an explanation of how projects were reprioritized to reflect funding constraints. View full text of Order
	June 15, 2009; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council about any studies, ongoing or conducted in the past, that analyze the effectiveness of the City's traffic-calming program and analyze the potential problems such as flooding, loss of parking and safety hazards posed by the City's traffic-calming devices. View full text of Order
	June 15, 2009; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant city, state and federal officials to determine what, if any, improper asbestos removal efforts took place at the Just A Start property at 1066 Cambridge Street, to determine what the City's response to neighborhood safety concerns was, to determine the current status of that property's asbestos and other potential hazards such as lead-based paint or fuel storage tanks, to determine the status of any relevant enforcement actions and to report back to the City Council on these issues. View full text of Order
	May 18, 2009; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to include relevant Cambridge Housing Authority staff in any discussions about public safety and crime. View full text of Order
	May 18, 2009; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to make available adequate funds to the City Council so that the City Council can hire its own legal expert to review relevant issues in pending litigation. Tabled on motion of Councillor Davis Order Number Two of May 18, 2009 together with motion to amend by substitution submitted by Councillor Toomey. View full text of Order
	April 13, 2009; Policy Order O-1 That the Government Operations Committee review the policy about naming street corners and develop a procedure to ensure that placement of memorial signs is agreeable to neighbors and also to develop a procedure to remove existing signs to another location when neighbors object to their placement View full text of Order
	April 13, 2009; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an update on the City Council's existing request for an Inspectional Services Department review of the Concord Avenue radio antennae issue, where this antennae is believed by neighbors to pose a threat to their safety should it fall over. View full text of Order
	April 13, 2009; Policy Order O-3 That the Transportation, Traffic and Parking Committee is requested to hold a meeting to discuss the aggressive pursuit of pedestrian safety and to review dangerous intersections and any possible lessons learned that could be implemented to prevent future collisions in the same or other locations. View full text of Order
	April 13, 2009; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council prior to the final June meeting on the City's plans to enforce relevant laws about noise from motorcycles and loud cars. View full text of Order
	March 23, 2009; Policy Order O-20 The City Council go on record supporting red light camera enforcement. View full text of Order
	March 9, 2009; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to tag for removal bicycles that, as evidenced by the snow around them, appear to have been abandoned. View full text of Order
	March 9, 2009; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council during the current budget cycle on the possibility of Cambridge using its Free Cash to set up a mortgage assistance pool rather than for a general underwriting of tax payments. View full text of Order
	March 9, 2009; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status and implications of its program of obtaining payment for delinquent taxes. View full text of Order
	February 9, 2009; Policy Order O-2 Traffic-calming concerns regarding the proposed street reconstruction of Fairfield and Pemberton Streets. View full text of Order
	February 2, 2009; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to investigate the matter of the Westley Avenue access to Linear Park being closed off and the possibility of re-opening it. View full text of Order
	February 2, 2009; Policy Order O-21 That the City Manager is requested to halt all work on the Department of Homeland Security camera network, to include supporting infrastructure, until the City Council and relevant City agencies have developed an appropriate regulatory framework to install and utilize this equipment. COUNCILLOR DECKER FILED RECONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER. View full text of Order
	January 12, 2009; Policy Order O-3 That the issue of multi-passenger jitney service between Cambridge hotels and Logan Airport and its potential impact on Cambridge's taxi services be reviewed by the Traffic, Transportation and Parking Committee with the intent of forming a recommendation to the City Council on whether the current limitations on jitney service be revised or left in place. View full text of Order
	January 12, 2009; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to provide an update to the City Council on the status of the report regarding the fatal pedestrian accident in Central Square last spring. View full text of Order
	January 12, 2009; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the circumstances involved in the fatal pedestrian accident in the Mount Auburn Street Shaw's supermarket this past fall, even if the official report is not yet completed View full text of Order
	January 12, 2009; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the circumstances involved in the fatal pedestrian accident on Oxford Street on January 6, 2009. View full text of Order
	December 15, 2008; Policy Order O-2 That the Transportation, Traffic and Parking Committee be and hereby is requested to hold a meeting in January to try to determine whether the City should ask the State to eliminate or change the project planned at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Cedar Street. View full text of Order
	December 15, 2008; Policy Order O-3 That the City Manager is requested to confer with public safety officials and city communications staff to determine what additional public outreach could be done to help minimize the possibility of house fires and to implement any relevant programs as quickly as possible. View full text of Order
	December 15, 2008; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to organize a meeting as soon as reasonably possible with relevant City staff, Harvard Square entities and the MBTA to review the upcoming elevator project to help ensure that the project will not result in the damage occurring at Old South Church. View full text of Order
	December 8, 2008; Policy Order O-3 That the Mayor schedule a roundtable with the School Committee, to which relevant Department staff would be invited to discuss the use of CPS facilities by both CPS and non-CPS entities. View full text of Order
	December 8, 2008; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager ensure that all reasonable methods of informing the public of the new sticker placement requirements are utilized to make sure people understand where to place the new parking stickers. View full text of Order
	December 8, 2008; Policy Order O-6 Support of the national single payer health care system. View full text of Order
	December 8, 2008; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the Council on the status of pedestrian access in and around Russell Field with a hope that convenient pedestrian access from Clifton Street to the T Station will be uninterrupted. View full text of Order
	November 24, 2008; Policy Order O-3 That the subject for the City Council meeting on December 1, 2008 be expanded to include the City's emergency evacuation plans. View full text of Order
	November 17, 2008; Policy Order O-9 That the Government Operations Committee have a public meeting, in the evening, to discuss problems that occurred during the November 4, 2008 election. View full text of Order
	November 17, 2008; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the impact of the upcoming CRLS renovation project on trees in the area, to include trees that will be removed, trees that need trimming and trees that will be planted. View full text of Order
	November 3, 2008; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on any City policies or regulations that may impact the feasibility of bike share programs in Cambridge. View full text of Order
	November 3, 2008; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to update the City Council on the status of the report requested on the fatal pedestrian accident in Central Square. View full text of Order
	November 3, 2008; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to update the City Council on the issues surrounding the radio antenna at 346-348 Concord Avenue. View full text of Order
	November 3, 2008; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of street work, and the barricades left in the street, on Columbus Avenue. View full text of Order
	November 3, 2008; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that appropriate City staff look into the issue of the lights in the St. John's parking lot that are shining on adjacent property. View full text of Order
	November 3, 2008; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff to have the stretch of road on Massachusetts Avenue just south of Putnam Avenue currently marked "No Parking" changed to "Parking for Harvard University Police Vehicles Only". View full text of Order
	September 22, 2008; Policy Order O-4 That the City Council Traffic, Transportation and Parking Comittee hold a meeting on Cambridge's emergency evacuation plans and capabilities. View full text of Order
	September 22, 2008; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff and MBTA personnel to ensure that the open drinking and associated problematic drinking in the MBTA plaza at Porter Square opposite Upland Road receives adequate police and human services attention to eliminate illegal behavior there. View full text of Order
	September 22, 2008; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the possible impacts of new detail regulations on Cambridge's police department and the City's reliance on detail work. View full text of Order
	September 22, 2008; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the extent of the City's ability to move directly against the owners of property in which problematic residents live, to include fines, liens or condemnation options. FAILED OF ADOPTION BY A YEA AND NAY VOTE:- YEAS: 4; NAYS 4; ABSENT 1. View full text of Order
	September 22, 2008; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the possibility of creating a new ticket, available to both police officers and parking control officers, specifically targeting vehicles illegally parked in bike lanes, to include what the maximum amount of such a ticket could be. View full text of Order
	September 8, 2008; Policy Order O-11 That the City Council go on record suspending the Rule 23B prohibition on televising roundtable meetings with respect to the September 15, 2008 roundtable. TWO-THIRDS VOTE REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION. View full text of Order
	September 8, 2008; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to update the City Council, in Executive Session if necessary, on the status of the Monteiro lawsuit. View full text of Order
	September 8, 2008; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to consult with appropriate City staff and report back to the City Council on the status of any past or present agreements concerning or limitations to the ability of the owners of the apartment complex at 205 and 225 Walden Street to charge for the use of the complex's off-street parking. View full text of Order
	September 8, 2008; Policy Order O-21 That the City Council's Committee on Traffic, Transportation and Parking hold a meeting with relevant City staff and the general public to review the City's road and sidewalk hazard notification system and repair efforts with the intent of making the City's information about potholes more available to the general public and helping City staff review the manner in which it prioritizes both short and long-term repair work. View full text of Order
	July 28, 2008; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to review use and safety issues involving the Yerxa Road underpass with relevant City personnel and report back to the City Council on the possibility of design changes to the underpass that might reduce or eliminate user conflicts. View full text of Order
	July 28, 2008; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to meet with relevant City officials and members of the public to develop a brochure that comprehensively explains how the Emergency Communications Center and the Cambridge Police Department handle communications from the public, to include both emergency and non-emergency calls. View full text of Order
	July 28, 2008; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads and neighborhood residents to review the upcoming north Massachusetts Avenue sidewalk work to ensure that when the work is completed the sidewalks accommodate the needs of seniors as much as possible. View full text of Order
	July 28, 2008; Policy Order O-17 That the City Manager is requested to review the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance with City staff and develop a draft zoning change that would prohibit the interior of individual garages or other spaces that have limited maneuverability from being counted towards required aisle space for parking facilities. View full text of Order
	July 28, 2008; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager is requested to relay to relevant City staff the importance of public notices being printed in a manner that conveys the required information clearly to members of the public who take the time to read them. View full text of Order
	July 28, 2008; Policy Order O-31 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of recent street and utility work on Western Avenue to include neighboring residents' concerns about broken traffic lights, poorly situated police details, snarled traffic and lack of advance notice. View full text of Order
	June 23, 2008; Policy Order O-9 That the Government Operations and Rules Committee of the City Council be and hereby is requested to hold a hearing over the summer with the City Manager to determine whether he is interested in extending his position as City Manager, what review process by City Council members will be and if the City Manager is planning on retiring, how the City Council will start the process of looking for both an interim and a new City Manager. View full text of Order
	June 23, 2008; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council at the summer meeting on the use plans, supervision and maintenance plans and limitations of use for the new skate park in Danehy Park that is to become operational later this year View full text of Order
	June 23, 2008; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to have relevant staff draft a sample ordinance amendment that would require for any building installing new air handling, cooling, heating or electrical equipment to have been measured to meet the City's Noise Ordinance standards prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy. View full text of Order
	June 23, 2008; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on all athletic organizations that receive any funding or in-kind support from the City to include participation rates broken down by age, gender, socio-economic status and any other relevant categories of information collected by the City. View full text of Order
	June 23, 2008; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads and report back to the City Council on the number, type, location, date and time of all formal enforcement actions involving excessive noise from January 2007 to June 2008. View full text of Order
	June 2, 2008; Policy Order O-4 That the Mayor is requested to call a special meeting, part of which may be in Executive Session, for the purpose of discussing Monteiro v. City of Cambridge. View full text of Order
	June 2, 2008; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant staff members and report back to the City Council on the number and location of pre-school facilities in Cambridge and the number of home day care facilities, to include the potential number of children served by these facilities and their relative ages. View full text of Order
	June 2, 2008; Policy Order O-6 That the City Council's Transportation, Traffic and Parking Committee be and hereby is requested to hold a committee hearing to discuss the traffic and parking issues involving 270-290 River Street. View full text of Order
	June 2, 2008; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to determine the extent of any problems with safety and littering at Pacific Park which may be hampering the use of the park and the newly constructed dog park. View full text of Order
	May 19, 2008; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Director of Veterans' Services to have the flag located in the Cambridge Cemetery be flown in honor of Ronald F. Ward during the 2008 Memorial Day weekend. View full text of Order
	May 19, 2008; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that any current and future projects that involve traffic calming involve at the minimum a neighborhood flier well in advance of the project to ensure neighborhood concerns are incorporated into any final project View full text of Order
	May 19, 2008; Policy Order O-3 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the requested removal of the West Cambridge painted rotary. View full text of Order
	May 19, 2008; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the methods various City departments have of collecting, maintaining and analyzing traffic enforcement and accident data. View full text of Order
	May 19, 2008; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the trash and dumpster issues involving the One First Street Condo project. View full text of Order
	May 19, 2008; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the Linnear Park crossings of Massachusetts Avenue and Cameron Avenue. View full text of Order
	April 28, 2008; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the multiple small holes in street pavement found in groups on various City streets, to include who is responsible for drilling them, what sort of permits are required to drill them, who is responsible for filling them and what threats they might pose to maintaining safe and even streets. View full text of Order
	April 28, 2008; Policy Order O-19 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant department heads and report back to the City Council on the status of testing, and any associated results, for pharmaceutical residue in the City's drinking water supply. View full text of Order
	April 14, 2008; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with a detailed analysis, to include relevant citations, of split lot law in Massachusetts. View full text of Order
	April 14, 2008; Policy Order O-5 Questions regarding public/private aspects of e-mail to and from public officials. View full text of Order
	April 7, 2008; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the obligations of taxi drivers, to include those driving the special accessible taxis, to meet the unique needs of seniors and people with disabilities. View full text of Order
	April 7, 2008; Policy Order O-2 Security cameras and other safety measures at Russell Field athletic complex. View full text of Order
	April 7, 2008; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to schedule a public meeting with MassHighway to discuss the current status of the Walden Street Bridge project and its projected schedule for completion. View full text of Order
	March 31, 2008; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the City's policy, whether formal or informal, to managing ad hoc public memorial sites. View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on how the March 17 accident in Central Square happened and that said report back contain a copy of the relevant police report to the extent that that information may be shared. View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads and report back to the City Council with the City's detailed plans to mitigate the adverse traffic impacts of the Rindge Avenue project prior to the renovation project's commencement. View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-3 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an explanation as to why the bricks removed from the plaza at the junction of Cedar Street and Massachusetts Avenue have not yet been replaced with bricks but instead remains a large asphalt patch. View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the City's plans to fully implement the tree list in the upcoming planting season. View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the City's policies and regulations concerning the number of unrelated people living in the same dwelling unit and any suggestions to modify that number. (ORDER ADOPTED BY AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 6 MEMBERS. COUNCILLOR TOOMEY RECORDED IN NEGATIVE. MAYOR SIMMONS MOVED SUSPENSION OF RULES TO MOVE RECONSIDERATION. SUSPENSION PREVAILED. COUNCILLOR DECKER MOVED QUESTION OF RECONSIDERATION. COUNCILLOR TOOMEY EXERCISED CHARTER RIGHT.) View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-6 That the Mayor is requested to hold a special combined meeting, to be open to public comment and to be televised as with a normally scheduled meeting, of both the School Committee and the City Council to start a discussion on how to best coordinate various youth services. View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-10 That the City Council refer the matter of noise in condominium complexes to the Health and Environment Committee for further discussion with the intent of developing a policy that encourages City agencies to enforce the Cambridge Noise Ordinance within condominium complexes to the extent legally possible. View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council before the summer break on what public education and traffic enforcement campaigns the City, to all relevant departments, is doing to make bicycling in Cambridge as safe as it possibly can be. View full text of Order
	March 24, 2008; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to ensure that all bicycles sold at the Police auction for use by children 16 or under are equipped at the time of sale with a white headlight and that the purchaser is given a helmet for the child rider to use. View full text of Order
	March 17, 2008; Policy Order O-8 That Just-A-Start postpone hearings on its Windsor Street project and that Planning Board delay decisions on permit applications for that project until the City Council has come up with recommendations on density and the use of Special Permits. View full text of Order
	March 17, 2008; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to coordinate with relevant officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Resources (DCR) to organize and present a seminar in North Cambridge aimed specifically at Real Estate agents and Real Estate Insurance agents to make them conversant with the implications of the soon-to-be expanded high risk flood zone in various parts of Cambridge. View full text of Order
	March 17, 2008; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant Department staff to have the City carry out a statistically valid validation program of FEMA's flood map data. View full text of Order
	March 17, 2008; Policy Order O-11 That the Committee on Civic Unity be requested to hold a hearing to discuss how Cambridge, including the Public School System, encourages, manages and utilizes volunteers efforts. View full text of Order
	March 17, 2008; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to convene a special study review task force as soon as feasible to study the threats and opportunities facing North Massachusetts Avenue and to recommend actions and processes to protect its integrity and character into the future and and that this review include zoning, transportation, commercial, residential and other relevant issues. View full text of Order
	March 3, 2008; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to update the City Council on the status of the City's review of Boston's "One in Three" program of linking residents under age 30 in order to build stronger communities. View full text of Order
	March 3, 2008; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to update the City Council on the status of crosswalk safety improvements on Broadway by the Volpe Center. View full text of Order
	March 3, 2008; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the City's regulations concerning where bikes may be locked and how the City is currently enforcing those regulations when bicycles are not clearly abandoned. View full text of Order
	March 3, 2008; Policy Order O-17 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with a detailed explanation, to include legal cites and relevant precedents, as to how section 3.32 of the City's zoning code has been interpreted to allow Usable Open Space to be situated on any part of a lot regardless of underlying zoning requirements for any specific portion of the lot. View full text of Order
	March 3, 2008; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate staff to review relevant City streets with traffic restrictions such as "Do Not Enter from 4-6 p.m." and report back to the City Council on where and how cyclists might better be accommodated by making the traffic restrictions apply only to motor vehicles. View full text of Order
	March 3, 2008; Policy Order O-19 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the on-street parking permit restrictions applied to the residents of Harvard's new construction in Riverside and what sort of permutations of this type of parking-restricted development could be used elsewhere in Cambridge. View full text of Order
	March 3, 2008; Policy Order O-20 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the City's policies regarding City vehicles parking in specially designated parking spots or street zones. View full text of Order
	February 11, 2008; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to review the state and current use of City parks and to declare them, and mark them, off limits to active use as deemed appropriate for their long-term health during the "mud season." View full text of Order
	February 11, 2008; Policy Order O-5 That the City Council go on record asking Just-A-Start to postpone its various hearings on its Windsor Street and Cambridge Street projects until March 18, 2008 and ask the Planning Board and the Board of Zoning Appeals to delay decisions on permit applications . View full text of Order
	February 11, 2008; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the method by which the Planning Board communicates its opinions to the Board of Zoning Appeal regarding cases to be heard by the Board of Zoning Appeal. View full text of Order
	February 11, 2008; Policy Order O-7 That the Chair of the City Council Housing Committee is requested to hold a public hearing at which members of the public, representatives of Harvard University and relevant City staff can explore this issue in order to help ensure that local residents' reasonable expectations of having Harvard mitigate property damage due to its construction projects are met. View full text of Order
	February 11, 2008; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to review traffic patterns on Massachusetts Avenue from Porter Square to Arlington to determine if there are any median breaks where U-turns might be safe enough to be made legal. View full text of Order
	February 11, 2008; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the regulations and policies regarding crossing guard duties and placement, along with a list of crossing guard locations. View full text of Order
	January 14, 2008; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to refrain from finalizing any land agreement concerning 122 Clifton Street until the questions about contamination, easements, purchase prices and the legality of the transfer of this public land to a private party have been provided to the City Council and the general public. View full text of Order
	January 14, 2008; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to allocate an additional $300,000 to immediately survey the City's streets for bicycle hazards and to clearly identify bicycle hazards with brightly colored paint so cyclists can better avoid them. View full text of Order
	January 14, 2008; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the feasibility of Cambridge's working with the Middlesex County Sheriff to obtain similar assistance in our snow shoveling, landscape maintenance and other relevant activities. View full text of Order
	December 10, 2007; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of Just-A-Start and report back to the City Council on any unauthorized entries at the former Lithuanian Church on Windsor Street and the removal, authorized or unauthorized, of any interior or exterior pieces of property. View full text of Order
	December 10, 2007; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the City's plan to aggressively enforce the City's Snow Removal Ordinance and other relevant measures to ensure the City's sidewalks and curb ramps are kept as clear as possible during the winter months, to include the possibility of having the City remove snow from sidewalks and then bill the adjacent owner for the removal costs. View full text of Order
	December 10, 2007; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the ability of the City to provide some sort of coverage of City Council meetings that allows people with hearing disabilities to follow the meetings. View full text of Order
	December 3, 2007; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council prior to the start of the next City Council session as to which items on the Awaiting Report list for which he feels he will not be able to give the City Council a satisfactory report back so that the City Council may decide whether it is reasonable to keep these items on the Awaiting Report list or to address the issue in some other fashion. View full text of Order
	December 3, 2007; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the City's putting its self-evaluation up on the City's website. View full text of Order
	December 3, 2007; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the Hobbs Brook Reservoir and Cambridge's water reserves. View full text of Order
	November 5, 2007; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on what the possible impacts of the new Flood Rate Insurance Map and the expanded Base Flood Zone will be on homeowners, developers and other property owners in Cambridge. View full text of Order
	November 5, 2007; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant staff members and report back to the City Council on the City's program to enforce the City's light ordinance and address light pollution issues. View full text of Order
	October 29, 2007; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City department heads and, as appropriate, private entities to determine how best the Citysense new air quality monitoring system could be used by, and supported by, the City in order to develop air quality data that could help the City develop and monitor air quality improvement programs. View full text of Order
	October 29, 2007; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads to determine whether it is proper for trash collection and recycling trucks to back down streets while doing their routes and how much damage is reported. View full text of Order
	October 29, 2007; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the history, justification for and current status of the temporary Occupancy Permit for the Mirant building and opposition of the City Council to grant zoning relief. View full text of Order
	October 29, 2007; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to communicate with Harvard University, the Cambridge Housing Authority and the management company for Walden Square Apartments on their need to comply with the City's trash and rubbish ordinance. View full text of Order
	October 29, 2007; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on any findings or reports relevant to fires at 57 Seventh Street and 75-77 Seventh Street. View full text of Order
	October 29, 2007; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the MBTA to determine why the MBTA does not appear to be running enough buses on its #47 route to handle the demand in Cambridge. View full text of Order
	October 22, 2007; Policy Order O-6 City Council Research Assistant program be cancelled. View full text of Order
	October 22, 2007; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager ask City staff to coordinate with North Cambridge residents and neighborhood groups to carry out relevant planning and informational meetings in the area in the immediate future to allow for sufficient public input into making the Rindge Avenue construction project as good, and as unintrusive, as possible. View full text of Order
	October 22, 2007; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager report back to the City Council on the status of putting information on future street reconstruction projects and street tree planting lists on the City's website or otherwise making them more available to the public. View full text of Order
	October 22, 2007; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager report back to the City Council on the status of Cambridge's participation in the Massport Community Advisory Committee and whether Cambridge's representative on this Committee is relaying citizens concerns about overflight noise and if so, what Massport is planning to do about them. View full text of Order
	October 15, 2007; Policy Order O-21 That the City Manager is requested to have relevant City staff coordinate with MassBike staff to provide steel crowd control barriers free of charge and to provide without charge such other support to the MassBike film festival onb October 19-20, 2007. View full text of Order
	October 15, 2007; Policy Order O-22 That the City Manager is requested to have appropriate staff, to include members of the Police Department, the Department of Public Works and the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to coordinate with the managers of all elderly housing in Cambridge to have an on-site meeting to discuss street and sidewalk safety issues with the residents. View full text of Order
	October 15, 2007; Policy Order O-23 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Superintendent of the Cambridge Public School system to have at least two public meetings, one of which would be televised, on this subject between now and when the City Council will vote on the relevant loan order regarding proposed renovations to Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. View full text of Order
	October 15, 2007; Policy Order O-24 That the City Manager is requested to provide a response to the City Council's previous request to post all board and commission members. View full text of Order
	October 15, 2007; Policy Order O-25 That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Community Development Department to create a web page for the Cambridge Affordable Housing Trust listing all current members and their relevant affiliations, with links to all future and past meeting agendas, minutes, staff recommendation memos, RFP's, submitted proposals and related materials. View full text of Order
	October 15, 2007; Policy Order O-26 That the City Manager is requested to instruct relevant City staff to enforce the Massachusetts Building and Sanitary Codes and the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance to eliminate the longstanding eyesore and public nuisance at 56 Churchill Avenue. View full text of Order
	October 15, 2007; Policy Order O-37 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Commissioner of Public Works and the Executive Director of the Commission for Disabilities to provide a copy of the policy that provides exemptions from the time limits in Chapter 8.24 for persons with disabilities. View full text of Order
	September 24, 2007; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that the upcoming School Committee/City Council roundtable be televised, webcast and placed in the on-line archive to help facilitate greater public involvement in school and City issues. View full text of Order
	September 24, 2007; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that the upcoming Neighborhood Safety Task Force's public meeting be televised, web cast and placed in the on-line archive to help facilitate greater public involvement in public safety issues. View full text of Order
	September 24, 2007; Policy Order O-3 That the City Council requests the City Clerk to draft an amendment to the City Council Rules that would allow any member of the public to speak for up to three minutes on any item on the City Council's agenda, to include Awaiting Report Items and Consent Communications. View full text of Order
	September 24, 2007; Policy Order O-4 That the Cambridge City Council oppose casino building in Massachusetts because of its negative impacts on host communities and the most vulnerable members of our population View full text of Order
	September 24, 2007; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Chairman of the License Commission to report back to the City Council on the number of noise and nuisance complaints that have been made over the past two years, with particular attention to complaints against establishments which have had expansions in hours and seats and in areas where additional new licenses have been granted in a capped area. View full text of Order
	September 24, 2007; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff and representatives of the Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) and other large landlords to determine the impact of Boston Housing Authority versus Garcia on Cambridge Housing Authority's ability to manage and evict problematic tenants and encourage CHA staff and the staff of other large landlords to aggressively participate in all discussions and public meetings where crime is a subject and notification of said meetings. View full text of Order
	September 24, 2007; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on how Cambridge is participating in the Storrow Drive tunnel reconstruction/replacement project planning process, what impacts from the tunnel project are likely to be felt in Cambridge and how Cambridge will mitigate those impacts as effectively as possible. View full text of Order
	September 24, 2007; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to provide a report back to the City Council at his earliest opportunity, even if it is before a regularly scheduled City Council meeting, on the City's efforts to control mosquito-borne hazards. View full text of Order
	September 17, 2007; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that City staff prominently post temporary notices that pedestrian cycles and pedestrian signals have been changed when such changes have taken place. View full text of Order
	September 17, 2007; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to confer with his staff and relevant School Department officials and private and charter school officials to create a survey program through which parents can effectively inform City officials about problematic traffic and infrastructure issues on their commute to school so that City officials can make better informed decisions about how to deploy traffic enforcement and infrastructure management resources to create safer routes to school. View full text of Order
	September 17, 2007; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an estimate of the staff hours and funds annually committed to street, corner and square dedications in Cambridge. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-27 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with an update on the status of Policy Order Number 6 of January 22, 2007 concerning making publicly available the membership of the City's various Boards and Commissions. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-28 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that members of all the City's Boards and Commissions be given nameplates and that these nameplates be displayed at all public meetings so that people attending the meetings will be better able to understand who is saying what. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-29 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads about the feasibility of changing the City's code requirements so that City officials measure the noise from any newly installed equipment for which a Noise Affidavit has been completed prior to final approval of the project or granting of the Certificate of Occupancy. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-30 That the City Council refer the issue of illegal parking in handicapped spaces and how to more effectively prevent such abuses to the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Committee. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-31 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of pavement markings and the possibility of using markings that present less danger to cyclists and pedestrians. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-32 That the City Manager is requested to provide all responses to City Council Orders in digital form and to confer with relevant department heads to determine the best way to store these digital responses on the City's website. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-33 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with an update on the City's compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-34 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with an update on a previous Policy Order concerning the City's non-compliance with the City ordinance concerning foot patrols and a police chief. View full text of Order
	September 10, 2007; Policy Order O-35 That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant department heads and other parties, to include the Police Commissioner and the Director of the Cambridge Housing Authority, to host a public meeting in North Cambridge to discuss recent violent crimes. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to ask his relevant Department heads to ensure that their staffs are conversant with the requirements of the newly available Technical Assistant Grant (TAG) funds through Massachusetts DEP and that City staff passes information about TAG funding opportunities to relevant community groups. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the participation of the Patriot Guard Riders at the send-off ceremony for National Guard soldiers on July 8, to include whether the Patriot Guard Riders were permitted to line their motorcycles on the Common, what sort of pre-ceremony communications City staff had with the Patriot Guard Riders, how communications between Patriot Guard Riders was maintained during and after the ceremony and what sort of insurance Patriot Guard Riders has to cover their operations. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-15 Opposition to battery cage egg production based on the inherent cruelty of confining egg-laying hens in battery cages. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to coordinate with relevant City staff to study the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Rindge Avenue to determine whether changes could be made so that would be less likely to block drivers wishing to make a legal turn. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-17 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the possibility of making restroom facilities in the new library, public safety facility and the West Cambridge Youth and Community Center accessible to the general public including during hours when the buildings themselves are shut. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on how the City might identify the particularly dangerous areas where cyclists travel and focus street repairs on them to remove the hazards for cyclists. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-28 That the City Manager is requested to consult with his staff with the intent of developing an existing noise map of the City at various times of the day and days of the week, or of particularly noisy parts of the City if mapping the whole City would be too cumbersome a project at this point, with the intent of developing a set of baseline data against which future noise increases could be measured. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-30 That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant City staff to review the agreement between the MBTA and Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc. to determine if said agreement is still in effect and if Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc., its successors in interest or any other party is obliged under this agreement to construct this elevated pedestrian walkway as part of the construction of the new MBTA Lechmere station. View full text of Order
	July 30, 2007; Policy Order O-32 That the issue of webcams broadcasting views of public spaces be referred to the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning Committee for further discussion to determine whether Cambridge wishes to address their use in any particular fashion. View full text of Order
	June 25, 2007; Policy Order O-3 That the Mayor is requested to convene a special meeting during the month of July with both the School Committee and the City Council to review the Cambridge Public Schools Parent Attitudes Study to determine what lessons both the City and the Cambridge Public Schools can learn from it and what actions may be taken to address the study's findings. View full text of Order
	June 25, 2007; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with an update on City mosquito control efforts as soon as possible. View full text of Order
	June 25, 2007; Policy Order O-5 That the City Council requests that meals for the City Council meetings starting in September be catered by the School Department, either through the Rindge School of Technical Arts Culinary program or simply through the elementary school lunch program. View full text of Order
	June 25, 2007; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager is requested to refer to the matter of a "green" cab program to the Taxicab Subcommittee of the License Commission for a report back in six months. View full text of Order
	June 18, 2007; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager work with the owners of the Grand Junction Railroad to provide an appropriate level of policing for the Railroad Tracks and report back to the City Council on this matter. View full text of Order
	June 18, 2007; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager contact the Superintendent of the State Police with the request that officers on traffic details during special events along Memorial Drive are more consistent in effectively carrying out their traffic enforcement duties. View full text of Order
	June 18, 2007; Policy Order O-17 That the City Manager report back to the City Council on the status of putting the City's Self-Evaluation Plan on the City's website. View full text of Order
	June 18, 2007; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager confer with relevant department heads to have all special programs, special exemptions and special services offered by the City to be clearly listed and described on the website of the Cambridge Commission for People with Disabilities and report back to the City Council on this issue. View full text of Order
	June 4, 2007; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an explanation of how the bike racks at Trolley Square got vandalized and how other bike racks in the City will be kept more secure in the future. View full text of Order
	June 4, 2007; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to develop and implement relevant policies as outlined in the attached Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2006, amended by Chapter 310, Sections 8, 33 and 34, of the Acts of 2006 to carry out the new law that grants new property tax exemptions for disabled veterans, surviving spouses and Gold Star parents which also contains motor vehicle excise exemptions as well. View full text of Order
	June 4, 2007; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads and the Department of Conservation and Recreation or Mass Highway to determine what sort of temporary signage might be used to let drivers know that Memorial Drive is closed on Sundays, what sort of specific traffic enforcement, especially at intersections where drivers frequently "block the box," might help traffic flow more smoothly and whether the lights at the intersections of Western Avenue and Putnam Avenue, Memorial Drive and Storrow Drive can be better synchronized. View full text of Order
	June 4, 2007; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with the accident statistics for Massachusetts Avenue from Upland Road to the Arlington line from January 2005 through June of 2007, broken down by the type of accident, severity of any injuries, date of accident and location of accident. View full text of Order
	June 4, 2007; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the City's policy concerning idling City vehicles. View full text of Order
	May 21, 2007; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on how to make Tyler Court clearly defined as it crosses the Massachusetts Avenue sidewalk, to possibly include lowering the grade of Tyler Court so that it is below the sidewalk, thus creating a typical sidewalk, curb cut, street intersection most common when streets and sidewalks intersect. View full text of Order
	May 21, 2007; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to determine who owns the vacant land located next to the Route 1 on ramp adjacent to the Millers River and who is a relevant contact point relative to the possiblility of a BMX trail at that location. View full text of Order
	April 30, 2007; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to work with the City Arborist, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works, the City Electrician, the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and any other relevant City staff, members of the Public Plantings Committee and other involved citizens to determine if putting utility lines under streets is feasible in Cambridge when streets are already being dug up and will not result in greater damage to tree roots. View full text of Order
	April 30, 2007; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to direct the relevant Department heads to have the West Cambridge painted "rotary" removed. View full text of Order
	April 23, 2007; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads and report back to the City Council on the City's policy for making on-street parking spaces unavailable, the requirements of advance notice of such unavailability and how the advance notice requirements may be waived. View full text of Order
	April 23, 2007; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the legality of allowing citizens to carry and use their own hand-held stop signs at City crosswalks to encourage cars to stop when pedestrians are trying to cross the street. View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the park at Sacramento and Oxford Streets, to include how the raised platform needed removal before it was even a year old and how City staff members are monitoring equipment at all City playgrounds to ensure that equipment installation is proper and that damaged equipment is removed and replaced very quickly. View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that the working group on liquor licenses consist of at least two members of the public who have no financial or bureaucratic interest in the current policy or any changes to it View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-17 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of putting enforcement statistics on the City's website. View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on how the Police Department plans to enforce the motorcycle noise ordinance so that Cambridge residents, businesses and visitors can have as quiet a summer as possible. View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-19 Opposition to the Urban Ring Phase II bus system unless the whole route is grade separated to ensure that the buses would not have to compete with general traffic View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-20 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads on the feasibility of developing a map of the City or some other method of indicating the safer, less vehicle-dense cross-town routes for cyclists. View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-21 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an explanation of the City's responsibilities, powers and limitations regarding abandoned or neglected properties. View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-22 That issues involving Safe Routes to School be referred to the Transportation, Traffic and Parking subcommittee. View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-24 Support of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and endorsing equality of opportunity, and encouraging governments to be responsive to and inclusive of people with disabilities View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-26 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with an update on the actions of and the status of the leaf blower task force by April 23, 2007. View full text of Order
	April 9, 2007; Policy Order O-31 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads, housing developers, transportation specialists and other interested parties to help determine what type of programs, if any, that limit parking rights might be feasible and how such programs might impact housing development and confer with relevant City staff to determine the legality of restricting on-street parking permits and visitor passes to residential units based on zoning incentives, special permit requirements or any other transportation and land use tool that may be at the City's disposal. View full text of Order
	March 19, 2007; Policy Order O-13 Opposition to a possible sewer hookup from future development in the Belmont Uplands unless there are absolutely compelling reasons that a hookup to Cambridge's sewer system from development in Belmont is in Cambridge's best interest. View full text of Order
	March 19, 2007; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to determine both the formal City policy towards employees who have been called to active duty and the actual current practices followed by City departments. Charter Right exercised by Councillor Decker on Order Number Fourteen of March 19, 2007. View full text of Order
	March 19, 2007; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that relevant City departments work with city residents and businesses to develop a variety of home composting options, to include ones that are more rodent-proof. View full text of Order
	March 19, 2007; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to develop a multi-faceted task force, to include residents, businesses and City employees, to develop and promote the City's anti-rodent efforts and plan of action. View full text of Order
	March 5, 2007; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads to determine how the bicycle/car accident in Porter Square occurred and what impact the Porter Square redesign had on this accident. View full text of Order
	March 5, 2007; Policy Order O-2 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on how City buildings, whether leased or owned by the City, detect and guard against system water leaks. View full text of Order
	March 5, 2007; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads to review the response to the February 14 storm with the intention of determining if the follow-up clearing of both public and private streets and sidewalks was done as effectively as possible. View full text of Order
	March 5, 2007; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant City department heads about the feasibility of developing a Cambridge-based program similar to ONEin3Boston. View full text of Order
	February 26, 2007; Policy Order O-8 That the City Council go on record requesting that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection provide a Targeted Audit of the Response Action Outcome filed in connection with the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater at the site of the former gasoline station at 2472-2482 Massachusetts Avenue (Release Tracking Number 3-13232). View full text of Order
	February 26, 2007; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to develop a City Ordinance for the City Council to review that would prohibit the discharge of air pollutants from building and water heating systems at a level that is noticeable to the human nose at the property line. View full text of Order
	February 26, 2007; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to have City staff work with the Cambridge Public School Department staff and the Transportation, Traffic and Parking Committee of the City Council to review Safe Routes to School opportunities in Cambridge and to develop a comprehensive Safe Routes to School program for the City and the Cambridge Public School Department. View full text of Order
	February 26, 2007; Policy Order O-22 That the City Manager is requested to instruct relevant City officials to immediately investigate the ongoing rehab project at 57 Otis Street. View full text of Order
	February 12, 2007; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the director of the Arts Council, the Veterans' Services Department and any other relevant City agency to determine how best to capture Cambridge's wartime experiences in film, pictures, words or any other medium. View full text of Order
	February 12, 2007; Policy Order O-9 Written opinion as to whether the Green Room constitutes part of the Council Chamber known as the Sullivan Chamber. View full text of Order
	February 12, 2007; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the legality of spending Community Preservation Act funds to maintain units and upgrade amenities at Cambridge Housing Authority developments and any limits or prohibitions on the uses of CPA funds by the Cambridge Housing Authority. View full text of Order
	February 5, 2007; Policy Order O-1 Support of the workers at the Smithfield processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina in their struggle for dignity, fair wages and safe working conditions, and their right to organize into a union to procure these benefits without harassment from their employer. Charter Right exercised by Councillor Decker on Order Number One of February 5, 2007. View full text of Order
	February 5, 2007; Policy Order O-9 Proposed amendment to the City Council's "Rules of Travel." View full text of Order
	February 5, 2007; Policy Order O-10 That the matter of limiting excessive automobile speeds by devices be referred to the Transportation, Traffic and Parking Committee for a full discussion and explanation. View full text of Order
	February 5, 2007; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to ensure that the FY 2007/2008 budget reflect the City Council's concerns that quality of life issues such as urban forestry, traffic enforcement, community policing, noise ordinance enforcement and air quality monitoring and protection be given greater emphasis and support than in past budgets. View full text of Order
	February 5, 2007; Policy Order O-19 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with a report on the future of the City of Cambridge's internal telecommunications infrastructure and any plans to possibly change services or infrastructure in the future. View full text of Order
	February 5, 2007; Policy Order O-23 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on how City departments collect personal data, what that data is used for and how City staff is trained to both collect the data and protect it from improper use. View full text of Order
	January 22, 2007; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the City's "Safe Routes to School" program. View full text of Order
	January 22, 2007; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with an updated list of City Boards, agencies, task forces, study committees and similar bodies, both ad hoc and formal, that are currently active or are in the creation process. View full text of Order
	December 18, 2006; Policy Order O-15 Support Representative Verga for the position of Secretary of Veterans' Services. View full text of Order
	December 11, 2006; Policy Order O-3 That the City Council request that any affordable housing developments funded in full or in part by the City of Cambridge or the City's Affordable Housing Trust Fund offer Open Houses during weekend and/or evening hours in addition to the open houses generally offered during the regular work day so that neighbors and potential residents have a more reasonable opportunity to tour the properties. View full text of Order
	December 4, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads to ensure that the Walden Street Bridge website is updated on a weekly basis so that the public can be apprised of the current status of the project. View full text of Order
	December 4, 2006; Policy Order O-7 That the Mayor is requested to conduct an interim review of the research assistant program to include an analysis of the research actually conducted by these assistants and a review of any other duties they may carry out. View full text of Order
	December 4, 2006; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to convene a meeting with the residents and property owners in and around Tyler Court to discuss public safety issues. View full text of Order
	December 4, 2006; Policy Order O-12 Support of the measurement of mechanical noise as specified in the ordinance requiring "measurement from the nearest point to the nuisance noise source on the lot line of the neighbor or complainant..." View full text of Order
	November 20, 2006; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the cost of the police presence in Clement C. Morgan Park and any relevant statistics about that police presence such as how many foot patrols were conducted around the park, how many face-to-face interactions police officers had with area residents in and around the park, how many enforcement actions this police presence resulted in and any other pertinent data. View full text of Order
	November 6, 2006; Policy Order O-3 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an update on the status of creating a dog park on Pacific Field. View full text of Order
	November 6, 2006; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department Heads with the intention of making all parking that is currently reserved for the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, all Department Heads and the City Council be turned into either general residential parking spaces or metered parking spaces available to all. View full text of Order
	November 6, 2006; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department Heads with the intention of allowing neighborhood residents to park in the Spring Street Garage for all week for the current Monday-Friday rate. View full text of Order
	November 6, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department Heads to determine what traffic management plans the City plans to implement in the Porter Square area until traffic is allowed over the Walden Street Bridge and costs of police details assigned to the Porter Square area. View full text of Order
	November 6, 2006; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on monies expended to needy veterans and their families. View full text of Order
	October 30, 2006; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to confer with appropriate City staff to determine how the renovations at the Alden Park playground resulted in the installation of equipment that may pose overly high dangers to children using the newly renovated playground and to ensure that any equipment removed from the Alden Park playground or placed off limits be replaced by new equipment or promptly brought into a useable condition. View full text of Order
	October 30, 2006; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate Department heads, the Director of the Cambridge Housing Authority, the Cambridge Affordable Housing Trust and any other relevant body to develop a list of all affordable housing developments in Cambridge, excluding inclusionary zoning affordable units, along with a list of the management companies for those developments. View full text of Order
	October 30, 2006; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of the City's program to install "Call if not working" tags on traffic signals. View full text of Order
	October 30, 2006; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of setting up the City Committee on leaf blowers. View full text of Order
	October 30, 2006; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of tree removal in Linear Park necessitated by the Trolley Square HRI development. View full text of Order
	October 30, 2006; Policy Order O-24 City Council support of the development of buildings that follow sustainable and energy efficiency standards and that the City Manager report back to the City Council on how the new library construction will help meet the City's CO2 reduction goals and what the green standards will be used for its construction. View full text of Order
	October 30, 2006; Policy Order O-28 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of appointing members of the Lesley University Development Committee. View full text of Order
	October 30, 2006; Policy Order O-29 That the City Manager direct the Police Commissioner to comply with the City ordinance requiring a minimum of thirty foot patrol officers be assigned to neighborhoods where needed. View full text of Order
	October 16, 2006; Policy Order O-27 That the City Council go on record requesting that the MBTA appropriately staff all future public meetings that relate to the relocation of the Lechmere Station with knowledgeable staff members. View full text of Order
	September 25, 2006; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Assistant City Manager for Community Development and relevant non-profits and associated Trusts to determine what ability, if any, providers of affordable housing units, to include developments with inclusionary zoning units, have to deny units to individuals who have been assigned those units through the affordable housing lottery. View full text of Order
	September 25, 2006; Policy Order O-15 That the City Council and the School Committee develop a joint working committee to develop and promote a unified set of policies and programs covering both School and City issues to promote literacy among Cambridge Public School students. View full text of Order
	September 25, 2006; Policy Order O-16 That the City Council go on record encouraging the various Departments, non-profits and Trusts associated with providing and maintaining affordable housing in Cambridge to, as far as is legally possible, develop housing policies, to build housing spaces and to provide financial assistance in a fashion that supports artists and city employees and that specifically provides housing to individuals who do not own cars. View full text of Order
	September 25, 2006; Policy Order O-17 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Assistant City Manager for Community Development and Homeowners Rehab, Inc. (HRI) to determine how HRI provides contract oversight and management for its home improvement projects and the City's liability in helping fund unsatisfactory rehabilitation projects. View full text of Order
	September 25, 2006; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Departments to determine which stop lights, if any, may be safely converted to a blinking red/yellow combination during late evening and early morning hours when there is very little traffic. View full text of Order
	September 25, 2006; Policy Order O-19 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Departments in order to promulgate a policy that will result in road and sidewalk hazards being promptly and consistently marked by either City employees or private citizens. View full text of Order
	September 25, 2006; Policy Order O-36 Curb cut policy include notification process to applicant when a curb cut application is rejected; appeal process when a curb cut is denied by the City Council and a reasonable standard for denial of a curb cut. View full text of Order
	September 25, 2006; Policy Order O-37 City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the following: are there standard angles for curb cuts; what is the appropriate installation of curb cuts –city installation versus private contractors; is there oversight review of specifications for curb cuts and is there history of curb cut records. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-21 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant department heads with the intention of developing a workable policy to provide public toilets at parks and sporting events in Cambridge where there is enough anticipated use to support temporary or permanent placement of portable public toilets. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-39 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with an update on Cambridge Request System, how often it is used, how quickly responses get handled, how its database is used to identify trends, and other relevant issues. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-40 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council with a report on the extent of the City's liability for injuries and damage caused by various hazards before it has been warned of them, the City's liability for injuries and damage caused by various hazards of which it has been warned and what type of notice constitutes sufficient warning to cause any increase in liability. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-41 That the City Manager is requested to instruct City Department heads to provide full support for MassBike's Cambridge Road Hazard Identification Day to take place on the morning of Saturday, September 9, 2006. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-42 That the City Council go on record asking that the Community Preservation Act advisory committee propose that CPA funds be allocated in the following manner: 40% for affordable housings; 30% for historic preservation; and 30% for open space and supporting the limitation of CPA expenditures to open space within City borders. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-43 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with an update on the status of Awaiting Report #05-147 "Report on the impact that energy conservation measures could have in preventing blackouts and power outages" dated June 20, 2005. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-44 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to ensure that traffic control officer routes and patrol times be published on the City's website. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-45 That the City Clerk is requested to re-file the City Council petition to rezone the BC-1 zone as BA-2 on North Massachusetts Avenue. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-46 That the City Manager is requested to require utilzation of a more protective noise affidavit. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-47 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to provide the City Council with language that changes the City's relevant ordinances to eliminate the exception to noise limitations that currently exists for impact work. Charter Right exercised by Vice Mayor Toomey on Order Number Forty-seven of August 7, 2006. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-48 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff to create a proposed ordinance and enforcement program, to include relevant equipment purchases and personnel training, to limit potentially damaging vibrations that may result from construction projects. Charter Right exercised by Vice Mayor Toomey on Order Number Forty-eight of August 7, 2006. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-49 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant City staff to determine the number of sidewalk violations they issued last winter (05/06). View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-50 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with an update on the status of the fatal Banks Street fire report. View full text of Order
	August 7, 2006; Policy Order O-51 That the City Manager is requested to provide a recommendation for a practical policy for waiving request for document fee in accordance with the relevant Massachusetts' records laws that encourage waiving said fees when it is in the public interest. View full text of Order
	June 26, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads about the possibility of using car stacking lifts as a means of maximizing off-street parking spaces at parking garages, private residences and business parking lots. View full text of Order
	June 26, 2006; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads about the possibility of providing City and School employees who work at multiple locations with passes that allow them to park on residential streets near their places of employment during working hours. View full text of Order
	June 26, 2006; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads on the propriety of charging rent for parking spaces that developments are required to provide. View full text of Order
	June 19, 2006; Policy Order O-8 Concerns regarding foul balls and parking situation at the newly renovated Russell Field. View full text of Order
	June 19, 2006; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the status of creating a formal Community Policing Policy. View full text of Order
	June 19, 2006; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads with the goal of creating a formal plan for implementing safe cycling habits in Cambridge to include use of bike lights at night, use of helmets by children under the age of 16, appropriate numbers of riders on a bicycle and wrong-way cycling. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads to get the lights working and timed properly in the vicinity of the Martin Luther King School, especially in the park/playground area behind the school. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads to ensure that the Cambridge Police Department makes frequent and regular patrols by foot and by bicycle through all public parks and playgrounds to include consistent late night patrols. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-7 Encourage City employees to commute and carry out their professional duties by bicycle, by foot or by public transportation whenever possible to do so without having a detrimental impact on their work. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to update the City Council on the status of potential appointees to the Kids' Council. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads about the propriety of assigning another crossing guard to the Martin Luther King/Amigos School. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to put the City's self-evaluation under the Americans with Disabilities Act on the City's website. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to ensure that the City's new sidewalk furniture and patio policy does not inadvertently put Cambridge restaurants and cafes in non-compliant status concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-12 Requesting from School Committee enrollment statistics of Cambridge school-aged children in private, parochial and Charter Schools and other related issues. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads and with Cambridge Housing Authority officials to determine the status of increased bike and foot patrols in the Howard Street area and the feasibility of a police monitoring camera at Hoyt Field to reduce the possibility of violence. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-14 Safety concerns at 7 Howard Street. View full text of Order
	June 5, 2006; Policy Order O-17 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads and MBTA officials to determine what impact imminent staffing cuts will have on public safety at and around the MBTA's Alewife Station. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-1 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant department head about having a weekly inspection, by bicycle, of the City's main bike routes such as Massachusetts Avenue, Hampshire Street, Huron Avenue, Prospect Street, Beacon Street and Broadway. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-2 That the City Council go on record supporting Cape Wind and opposing the Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill unless the Cape Wind veto is removed. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-3 Opposition to the proposed MBTA fare hike without better justification. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to determine the extent of the flooding caused by recent rains to include combined sewer outfall overflows, road closures and building flooding and the performance of Cambridge's flood control improvements. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to ask the director of the MBTA to ensure that MBTA bus drivers pull completely to the curb when picking up and dropping off passengers. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to confer with Cambridge Housing Authority and Cambridge Police Department staff to determine the appropriate limits of CPD's involvement in CHA buildings, to include multiple daily visits at CHA's senior housing complexes. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department staff to determine the outreach methods used to ensure Cambridge veterans, to include those without honorable discharges, are as informed as possible about the veterans' benefits to which they are eligible. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant Department heads to develop a plan to ensure that during the next season's snow fall critical areas will be promptly cleared of snow and ice with no confusion as to who is responsible for doing the work. View full text of Order
	May 22, 2006; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to determine the status of the partially demolished building at 56 Churchill Avenue. View full text of Order
	May 15, 2006; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to provide whatever financial assistance is legal and necessary to ensure that the community and retail spaces at HRI's Trolley Square development best fit the needs of the surrounding North Cambridge community and that appropriate uses are not limited by lack of funding for either rental costs or fitting out expenses. View full text of Order
	May 15, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to consult with appropriate staff members to determine the construction schedule for Alden Park at the Junction of Sacramento and Oxford streets with the goal of encouraging a construction start immediately after school ends so that the Park will be available to Baldwin students sooner during the School Year 06/07. View full text of Order
	May 15, 2006; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to consult with appropriate staff to determine the limitations on use of Community Preservation Act funds. View full text of Order
	May 15, 2006; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to investigate the costs and benefits of installing a computerized traffic control system. View full text of Order
	May 15, 2006; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to determine how Boston was able to have 8.6% renewable energy in their portfolio and do the same for Cambridge. View full text of Order
	May 15, 2006; Policy Order O-18 That the City Manager is requested to review the possibility of drafting language to prepare to strengthen the State Building Code to make buildings more energy efficient. View full text of Order
	May 8, 2006; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to ascertain the possibility of turning the City-owned land adjacent to Lopez Park in East Cambridge into a public park or community garden. View full text of Order
	May 8, 2006; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to ascertain the City's detection and repair policy for potholes throughout the City. View full text of Order
	May 8, 2006; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to determine the status of repairs and corrections to bike lanes and bike route markings throughout the City. View full text of Order
	May 8, 2006; Policy Order O-12 That the City Clerk be is requested to send copies of the minutes for the Transportation, Traffic and Parking Committee's two meetings on the upcoming Storrow Drive reconstruction project to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Unit within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, along with a cover letter noting that the enclosed minutes include Cambridge residents' concerns about the project and requesting that the noted concerns be including in the MEPA scoping process. View full text of Order
	May 8, 2006; Policy Order O-13 That the Cambridge City Council go on record as opposing any development in the Belmont Uplands that does not fully protect the Alewife Reservation and that the City Manager is requested to direct the City's appropriate departments of Community Development and Cambridge Conservation Commission to respond fully to the Belmont Zoning Board of Appeals process. View full text of Order
	May 8, 2006; Policy Order O-17 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the City Solicitor and the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to draft changes to relevant City ordinances to allow Cambridge residents using designated car-share automobiles to take advantage of all of the parking privileges available to residents who own their own cars, including the opportunity to park in resident-only spaces throughout the City and not just in their own neighborhoods without getting ticketed View full text of Order
	May 8, 2006; Policy Order O-19 That the City Council go on record in support of H. 4719, An Act Reducing Diesel Emissions from Non-Road Construction Vehicles. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with a report on the status of requested changes to the City's ordinances concerning the Noise Affidavit required of building contractors. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to provide the City Council with a report on the status of the City Council's request for documents related to the projects currently underway at Trolley Square and the north Massachusetts Avenue VFW hall. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads concerning the possibility of making Cambridge a Carbon Neutral City. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-9 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads concerning the status of ongoing renovations at 371 Broadway. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads concerning the possibility of making Gardner Road a one way street. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads concerning the possibilities and propriety of getting the Cambridge Police Department a list of e-mail list-serves for various neighborhoods to better facilitate rapid and thorough electronic communication with all Cambridge neighborhoods and residents. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-13 Support of the International Ride of Silence which honors those who have been killed or injured while riding bicycles on public roadways. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads concerning the number of outdoor drinking fountains in public areas, including parks, and of those drinking fountains how many are high only, how many are wheelchair only (not high) and how many drinking fountains are high/low. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-16 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads concerning the City's policies concerning allowing outdoor seating for establishments with liquor licenses and serving alcohol on City property. View full text of Order
	May 1, 2006; Policy Order O-20 Support of the goals and objectives of National Military Appreciation Month. View full text of Order
	April 24, 2006; Policy Order O-28 That the City Manager and the City Clerk are requested to inform the School Superintendent about any upcoming housing policy meetings held by City officials in the hopes that Cambridge Public School staff will attend such meetings and help develop housing and related policies that also support Cambridge's educational goals. View full text of Order
	April 24, 2006; Policy Order O-29 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to make available on Cambridge's website all City reports, studies and evaluations concerning sidewalk maintenance, crosswalk status, curb cut compliance and overall handicap accessibility. View full text of Order
	April 24, 2006; Policy Order O-30 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to clarify the number of Cambridge Housing Authority units that are not suitable for habitation, who is responsible for remedying those situations and how the City can expedite carrying out such remedies and make all Cambridge Housing Authority units available for use as soon as possible. View full text of Order
	April 24, 2006; Policy Order O-31 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to determine the timeframe for having all pedestrian crossing signal lights be of the type that countdown the crossing time. View full text of Order
	April 24, 2006; Policy Order O-32 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to determine the legal requirements for construction operations to have assigned police details. View full text of Order
	April 24, 2006; Policy Order O-33 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant Department heads to determine existing enforcement policies for air quality related issues such as excessive idling and exhaust opacity. View full text of Order
	April 24, 2006; Policy Order O-51 City Manager is requested to confer with the Assistant Director for Community Development to report to the Ordinance Committee and the City Council on the costs of increasing parking for the development to 1.3 and to 2.0 spaces per unit. View full text of Order
	April 3, 2006; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate departments to ascertain which bus services are using which routes in Cambridge and what enforcement actions are used to ensure that buses only travel on their approved routes. View full text of Order
	April 3, 2006; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate department heads to ascertain the City's policies and plans to minimize bothersome vehicular noise as the warm weather approaches. View full text of Order
	April 3, 2006; Policy Order O-13 Gathering of relevant data as it relates to traffic enforcement, violations issued, accident information and jurisdiction of the Cambridge Police with the view in mind of evaluating safety of Cambridge streets. View full text of Order
	April 3, 2006; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager is requested to prepare a detailed response that clarifies the city's curb cut policy. View full text of Order
	April 3, 2006; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant department directors and other appropriate agencies to determine the status of the City's existing infrastructure and its capacity to absorb additional burdens. View full text of Order
	April 3, 2006; Policy Order O-16 That the Cambridge City Council go on record in opposition to proposed House Bill 4741 which would change the legislation guaranteeing public access to the waterfront in new developments at or abutting the ocean, rivers, wetlands, filled tidelands and other waterways. View full text of Order
	March 20, 2006; Policy Order O-15 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation about the City's plans to significantly limit right turns on red lights. View full text of Order
	March 20, 2006; Policy Order O-16 That the School Committee is requested to provide the City Council with information on the status of emergency response plans for the Cambridge public schools in the event of a natural or human-made disaster. View full text of Order
	March 6, 2006; Policy Order O-4 The City Manager is requested to confer with relevant department heads about the practicality of obtaining portable outdoor air quality monitoring equipment to help Cambridge develop data to use in setting transportation goals, anti-idling efforts and other air quality related policies and report back to the City Council on this issue. View full text of Order
	March 6, 2006; Policy Order O-7 The City Manager is requested to confer with the Police Commissioner to determine the extent of Police Department efforts to enforce parking regulations, especially at times when Parking Control Officers are not on duty and report back to the City Council on this issue. View full text of Order
	March 6, 2006; Policy Order O-13 That the City Clerk forward to the School Committee a request from the City Council for information on how many Cambridge Public School students are reading at, below grade and above grade levels and request that the School Committee forward this information to the City Council. View full text of Order
	February 27, 2006; Policy Order O-38 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to develop a change to the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance that would limit use conversion allowances to projects in which at least 65% of the original structure is to remain intact. View full text of Order
	February 27, 2006; Policy Order O-39 That the City Council establish a working committee to discuss issues of race and class in Cambridge with the goal of allowing more productive public discussions on these issues. View full text of Order
	February 27, 2006; Policy Order O-40 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to make all final decisions made by the City's decision-making bodies readily available on the City's website. View full text of Order
	February 27, 2006; Policy Order O-41 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to provide the City Council with copies of the City's comprehensive traffic enforcement plan. View full text of Order
	February 27, 2006; Policy Order O-42 That the City Manager is requested to instruct the City Solicitor to draft an amendment to the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance to incorporate a Noise Affidavit requiring the affirmative statement of the proponent that installed equipment will not violate either the relevant Municipal Noise Control Ordinance or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts noise control standards. View full text of Order
	February 27, 2006; Policy Order O-43 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to develop an update on the status of ongoing work at Magazine Beach. View full text of Order
	February 6, 2006; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and other relevant parties about the feasibility of installing a pedestrian walk signal and traffic light at the crosswalk across Massachusetts Avenue near Church Street and that absent compelling reasons to the contrary, the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate Department to install such a signal. View full text of Order
	February 6, 2006; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Superintendent of the School Department in order to provide the City Council with an analysis, by grade, of how many students in the Cambridge Public School System are reading at what grade levels. View full text of Order
	February 6, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate departments to ensure that all crosswalks lead to curb cuts and, where appropriate, through breaks in the median strips so that they may be used by people with limited mobility. View full text of Order
	February 6, 2006; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the City Solicitor about making future and past legal opinions readily available via the City website and the Law Department's web page. View full text of Order
	February 6, 2006; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate departments about making the Massachusetts Avenue median strip between Harvard Square and Arlington more attractive. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-3 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and the Assistant City Manager for Community Development to determine the feasibility of creating a database that details how many residential parking stickers are associated with residential units broken down by number of bedrooms, affordability class, location and proximity to a Mass Transit nexus. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-4 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant Department heads with the goal of making all information relevant to the future of the West Cambridge VFW available on-line as the City obtains it so that members of the general public will have the same information that City staff and contractors do when assessing future options for this property. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-5 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Commissioner of the Cambridge Police Department to determine the status of Community Policing efforts throughout Cambridge, to include foot patrols, bike patrols, neighborhood outreach and other methods of creating and maintaining a vibrant and effective Community Policing program. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-6 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the relevant City staff to determine the impact on neighborhood noise levels by increasingly popular ground-level heating system vents. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-7 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the staff of Harvard University on the wisdom of Harvard's keeping construction information regarding its Banks Street project unavailable to concerned neighbors with the hope that Harvard University will make such data as MSDS sheets and seismographic results available to the neighborhood. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-8 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant City staff about the wisdom of supporting the MBTA's proposed Urban Ring Phase II bus road through Cambridge, the status of ongoing street improvements that might support this bus road and the long-term impacts this proposed multi-vehicle roadway might have on the Cambridge neighborhoods of East Cambridge, Riverside and Cambridgeport. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-10 That the City Manager is requested to confer with relevant Department heads about their vehicular needs with the goal of having all future vehicular purchases or leases be either hybrid or low-emission vehicles unless such vehicles are shown to be incapable of meeting performance requirements. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager is requested to confer with Harvard University and relevant City staff on the impact that Harvard's Hingham Street project, which has removed parking from Hingham Street while not replacing it on Blackstone Street, is having on neighborhood on-street parking opportunities. View full text of Order
	January 30, 2006; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager is requested to confer with the relevant Department heads about the placement of MBTA bus shelters throughout the City and with the goal of revising the bus shelter project to keep current and future shelters from obstructing both pedestrian traffic and sidewalk visibility as much as they currently do. View full text of Order
	January 23, 2006; Policy Order O-11 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Director of Traffic, Parking and Transportation with the goal of realigning the pedestrian light cycle at the junction of Rindge Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue to allow pedestrians crossing Massachusetts Avenue six seconds to start crossing before traffic is allowed to turn left off of Rindge Avenue and head north on Massachusetts Avenue through the pedestrian crosswalk. View full text of Order
	January 23, 2006; Policy Order O-12 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Director of Traffic, Parking and Transportation with the goal of placing "call if not working" stickers on traffic signal poles throughout the City in order to make it easier for pedestrians with cell phones to inform the City of malfunctioning signal lights and for the City to fix broken traffic lights in a timely fashion. View full text of Order
	January 23, 2006; Policy Order O-13 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Director of Inspectional Services on the legality of the banners placed in front of the Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins franchise at 2480 Massachusetts Avenue. View full text of Order
	January 23, 2006; Policy Order O-14 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Cambridge Police Commissioner, License Commission Chairman, Public Works Commissioner and Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department with the goal of having those departments put as much information as is legally possible and logistically feasible about the location, time, date and other relevant information concerning motor vehicle stops, truck violations, noise violations and snow violations on the City's website along with relevant enforcement statistics. View full text of Order
	January 23, 2006; Policy Order O-15 That the zoning amendment originally filed by Robert Sheketoff et al. be refiled by the City Council and submitted to the Ordinance Committee and Planning Board for public hearing and report. View full text of Order


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