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September 24, 2018
20 recorded votes, 19 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 #227
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of 2016 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funding for $500,000 received pursuant to the MOA...
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 #202
That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City personnel to explore the feasibility of establishing a crosswalk at the intersection of Soden Street and Western Avenue.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #205
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Office of the Mayor, representatives of Harvard University, and any other parties that the City Manager deems necessary in order to draft a plan...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #204
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Police Commissioner to increase enforcement of the Bike Lane Bill to keep our bicycle infrastructure free and unobstructed.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #207
That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the tax status, zoning history, and sale of The Constellation Center's Parcel C in Kendall Square.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #208
That the City Manager is requested to consult with the Traffic, Parking & Transportation Department and other City departments to consider working with consultants and other available resources to...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #209
That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to provide an explanation for the change in parking regulations which does not...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #210
That the City Manager is requested to report to the City Council with an explanation of how the City views internet-based platforms as opportunities for outreach and communication and what sort of...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #212
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Economic Development Division to regularly update the vacant property database as well as review the strategies presented in the Storefront...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #215
That the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebrations Committee conduct a hearing to discuss the increase enforcement of the dog leash ordinance, the possibility...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · CRT 2018 #34
A communication was received from Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk, transmitting a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a...
REPORT ACCEPTED PLACED ON FILE POLICY ORDER #6 FAILED OF ADOPTION
The Final Actions give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted. The Final Actions record more than one action on this item ("REPORT ACCEPTED PLACED ON FILE POLICY ORDER #6 FAILED OF ADOPTION"); the result shown is the failed one.
From the minutes
“RESULT: REPORT ACCEPTED PLACED ON FILE POLICY ORDER #6 FAILED OF ADOPTION.”
Applications And Petitions · APP 2018 #336
An application was received from Lena Kalachian, requesting permission for replacement of the facing of the projecting sign at the premises numbered 585 Massachusetts Avenue approval has been...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Applications And Petitions · APP 2018 #337
An application was received from Margaret Ranstrom, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 73 Aberdeen Avenue; said petition has received approval from Inspectional...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (5 resolutions, RES 2018 #292 to RES 2018 #296)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 5 resolutions (RES 2018 #292, RES 2018 #293, RES 2018 #294, RES 2018 #295, RES 2018 #296); 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 #219
That the City Council go on record declaring October 5, 2018, as Energy Efficiency Day in Cambridge, in recognition of National Energy Awareness Month, as a means of highlighting the importance of...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #220
That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Executive Director of the Cambridge Human Rights Commission to investigate the potential for the creation and implementation of a survey or other...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #221
That the City Manager is requested to take all possible immediate actions to preserve and restore Linear Park.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #222
That the City Manager is requested to immediately freeze Feeney Brothers Utility Services from doing any future work in the City of Cambridge until the federal investigation has been completed.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #223
City Council support of Freedom for All Massachusetts’ Yes on 3 campaign to uphold the law preventing gender identity based forms of discrimination.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #224
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council with the cost of implementing a means testing for the resident parking sticker program for those who would...
ORDER FAILED OF ADOPTION [4-3-2]
Yes: Carlone, Devereux, Siddiqui, ZondervanNo: Kelley, Mallon, McGovernDenise Simmons and Timothy Toomey are listed as absent for this vote. The Final Actions record this as failing even though more councillors voted yes than no (4-3); under the council’s rules some measures need five votes (a majority of the full council) or a two-thirds vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER FAILED OF ADOPTION [4-3-2] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Zondervan NAYS: Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern ABSENT: Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey.”
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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