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June 18, 2018
37 recorded votes, 16 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 #131
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $3,800 from the General Fund Reserve Other Ordinary Maintenance account to the General Fund Veterans’...
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 #132
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $18,000 from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salary and Wages account (Insurance) to the General...
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 #134
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY18 STEP Grant for $12,861.08 received from the Executive Office of Public Safety and...
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 #135
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of funds in the amount of $50,000.00 in the General Fund from the Electrical Department Other Ordinance...
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 #136
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $50,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures...
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 #137
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a $1,000 donation to the Grant Fund Public Works Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account...
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 #138
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the HOME...
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 #141
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $103,517.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($3,848.00), and...
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 #142
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Summer Food Program grant funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the...
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 #143
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of donations to the M.L. King Preschool in the amount of $979.75 to Grant Fund Human Service...
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 #144
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of funds of the DHCD Fuel Assistance Grant in the amount of $7,000.00 from the Grant Fund Human Service...
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 #145
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Cambridge Food Pantry grant received from the Cambridge Health Alliance for $15,000.00 to...
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 #146
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Shannon Grant received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition/Shannon Community Safety...
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 #147
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $8,615.00 for the Center for Families program funded by the Cambridge Public Health Commission...
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 #148
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a donation from MASSCAP, Inc. to the Fuel Assistance Program in the amount of $375.00 to Grant...
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 #149
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of funds for the College Success Program (CSI) from the Cambridge Community Foundation for...
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 #150
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of user reimbursements received from Cambridge Homeless Service Provider Agencies to support the...
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 #151
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of Cambridge Individuals with Special Needs donations for $22,021.00 to the Grant Fund Human...
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 #152
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of various donations to the Council on Aging in the amount of $30,398.48 to the Grant Fund Human...
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 #153
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) from the Office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
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 #157
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of $425,000 from the School Department General Fund, Other Ordinary Maintenance account to the Public...
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.”
Applications And Petitions · APP 2018 #319
An application was received from Paul Tremblay, requesting permission for the enlargement of a curb cut at the premises numbered 65 Clay Street; said petition has received approval from...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (22 resolutions, RES 2018 #196 to RES 2018 #217)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 22 resolutions (RES 2018 #196, RES 2018 #197, RES 2018 #198, RES 2018 #199, RES 2018 #200, RES 2018 #201, RES 2018 #202, RES 2018 #203, RES 2018 #204, RES 2018 #205, RES 2018 #206, RES 2018 #207, RES 2018 #208, RES 2018 #209, RES 2018 #210, RES 2018 #211, RES 2018 #212, RES 2018 #213, RES 2018 #214, RES 2018 #215, RES 2018 #216, RES 2018 #217); 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 #153
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Department of Public Works and the Community Development Department on acquiring Big Belly Solar trash cans to replace the current open top...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #154
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Fire Department and Department of Public Works to conduct a comprehensive facilities survey of all firehouses to identify immediate and long...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #155
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Information Technology Department and all other appropriate City departments and Commissions to develop an interactive map, website, or similar...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #156
That the City Manager is requested to direct the Police Commissioner to establish an aggressive new strategy to reduce the violence in the Port and Wellington-Harrington neighborhoods.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #157
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Mayor’s Summer Youth Program officials and other appropriate City departments to organize a Town Hall Meeting for Cambridge youth.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #158
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of Traffic, Parking and Transportation and any other appropriate City departments to consider implementation of traffic-calming...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #159
That the City Manager is requested to work with the appropriate City departments and City personnel to establish a Young Adult Civic Unity Committee to be modeled after the Citizen Civic Unity...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #160
The City Council go on record endorsing and supporting this collaborative commitment to Family Engagement developed by the Family Engagement and Partnership subcommittee of the Birth-3rd Grade...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #161
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City departments to televise and record the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee Hearing scheduled for Tuesday, July 24...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #162
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Department of Human Services to allocate additional supplemental funds in the FY19 Budget and a line item allocated in the FY20 Budget for...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #163
That the City Manager is requested to consult with the City Solicitor, the Director of the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department, and the Chair of the License Commission and any other...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #164
That the City Manager is requested to identify additional opportunities to plant trees in public spaces throughout the city, particularly in underserved areas of the city, and present a timeline...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #165
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to notify the City Council whenever a city owned public tree (not considered a “street tree” under 87.3) must be removed for reason other than...
ORDER ADOPTED ROLL CALL 6-2-0-1
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED ROLL CALL 6-2-0-1.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #166
That the proposed amendment to Chapter 8.66 entitled "Tree Protection" be amended in section 8.66.40 entitled "Applicability" and also by adding a new section 8.66.050 entitled "Procedure for...
ORDER ADOPTED ROLL CALL 5-4-0
The Final Actions give the count only (ROLL CALL 5-4-0), not who voted which way. Showing the count only.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED ROLL CALL 5-4-0.”
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