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March 5, 2018
16 recorded votes, 15 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 #57
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $135,000 from the General Fund Library Salary and Wages account to the General Fund Library 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.”
Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #39
That the City Manager is requested to consult with the appropriate City personnel to determine why there continues to be significant audio and video difficulties during live internet broadcasts of...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTION ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 9 MEMBERS
The Final Actions say "affirmative vote of 9 members"; that is every councillor at the meeting, so each is shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTION ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 9 MEMBERS.”
Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #43
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant City departments to create additional Safety Zones for safer streets.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #55
That the City Manager is requested to direct the City Solicitor to draft language for a home rule petition for a Cambridge Right of First Refusal Legislation.
ORDER FAILED OF ADOPTION [3 TO 6]
Yes: Carlone, Siddiqui, ZondervanNo: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER FAILED OF ADOPTION [3 TO 6] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Zondervan NAYS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey.”
Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (6 resolutions, RES 2018 #67 to RES 2018 #72)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 6 resolutions (RES 2018 #67, RES 2018 #68, RES 2018 #69, RES 2018 #70, RES 2018 #71, RES 2018 #72); 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.
Resolutions · RES 2018 #73
Congratulations and thanks to Exceptional Lives for their work in providing information to parents and caregivers of children and adults with developmental disabilities. Councillor Kelley and...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (9 resolutions, RES 2018 #74 to RES 2018 #82)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 9 resolutions (RES 2018 #74, RES 2018 #75, RES 2018 #76, RES 2018 #77, RES 2018 #78, RES 2018 #79, RES 2018 #80, RES 2018 #81, RES 2018 #82); 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 #60
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Traffic, Parking & Transportation Department, the License Commission, and any other City departments about the possibility of re-evaluating...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #61
That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Community Development Department to apply on behalf of the City of Cambridge for the Housing Choice Designation before the April 30, 2018 deadline.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #62
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the City Solicitor, Attorney General and District Attorney to investigate the possibility of Cambridge joining this national suit against opioid...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #63
That the City Manager is requested to consult with the appropriate City staff and the MBTA to discuss the maintenance issues of the Harvard Square MBTA station public restroom.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #64
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Assistant City Manager of Community Development, the Director of Communications and Community Relations, or any other relevant City department...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #65
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to provide the City Council with an Inman Square Reconstruction Project Timeline.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #66
That the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee be and hereby is requested to schedule a public hearing on the future of dock-less bikes in Cambridge.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #67
That the City Council, City Manager, and City Staff are requested to work as quickly as possible to enact the necessary laws and regulations, including zoning and licensing of retail cannabis...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #69
The City Manager is requested to direct staff from the Community Development Department and the Department of Public Works to provide the License Commission, before its public hearing on March 14...
ORDER ADOPTED
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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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