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February 5, 2018
15 recorded votes, 12 with disagreement.
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Present: Dennis Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Timothy Toomey, Quinton Zondervan
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #26
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $11,000 from the Grant Fund Emergency Communications Salary & Wages account to the Grant Fund...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #27
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $190,000 of additional programming revenue to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #28
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $20,000.00 from Free Cash to Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan.”
Calendar – Charter Right · APP 2018 #4
An application was received from Margaret Wheeler, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 41 Magazine Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services...
ORDER ADOPTED COUNCILOR KELLEY RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE VV8
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED COUNCILOR KELLEY RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE VV8.”
Applications And Petitions · APP 2018 #6
An application was received from Cambridge Community Development Department, requesting permission for a temporary banner across 795 Massachusetts Avenue, announcing the Cambridge Food Truck Pilot...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (4 resolutions, RES 2018 #24 to RES 2018 #27)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 4 resolutions (RES 2018 #24, RES 2018 #25, RES 2018 #26, RES 2018 #27); MassVoter lists them as one vote. The Final Actions give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #23
That the City Manager is requested to inquire whether the Community Development Department will apply for the Targeted Brownfields Assessment Grant regarding Jerry's Pond .
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #24
That the Mayor is requested to schedule a Roundtable/Working Meeting for members of the City Council and School Committee for Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. in the Henrietta Attles...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #25
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Community Development Department and any other relevant City Department to gain a sense of who is purchasing buildings in Cambridge.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #26
City Council support for the Rosa Parks MBTA Decal Initiative.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #27
That the Office of the Mayor proclaim February 2018 as Black History Month and that the entire City Council go on record encouraging Cantabrigians to take time to learn more about the...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #28
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to explore the possibility of reconfiguring the traffic lights and...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #29
City Council support of Representative Provost and the Cambridge Legislative Delegation’s efforts to pass a Right of First Refusal Bill, with an amendment for cities to provide final...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #30
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Commissioner of the Department of Publics Works on repairing Rufo Road as soon as possible.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #31
That the City Council go on record encouraging the entire Cambridge community to receive Mr. Buery’s keynote address at the 32nd Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Brunch on February 10...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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From the Cambridge City Council’s official Final Actions, posted by the City Clerk on the city’s meeting portal (and, for meetings before late January 2026, the Open Meeting Portal), linked from the City Council page. We check every vote against the councillors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councillor photos: City of Cambridge (cambridgema.gov), from the official headshots on each councillor’s City Council page. Former councillors show initials.
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