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October 1, 2018
15 recorded votes, 14 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 #235
A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the votes necessary to seek approval from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue of the tax rate for FY2019.
12 ORDERS ADOPTED AFTER HEARING HELD [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: 12 ORDERS ADOPTED AFTER HEARING HELD [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 #339
An application was received from Meghan Shaw of the Cambridge Energy Alliance, requesting permission for a temporary banner across JFK Street at Mt. Auburn Street announcing the October is Green...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Applications And Petitions · APP 2018 #340
An application was received from Cambridge Public Health Department requesting permission for a temporary banner across 795 Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall announcing Cambridge Family...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Applications And Petitions · APP 2018 #341
An application was received from MIT Visual Arts Center requesting permission for fifteen temporary banners on Ames Street where the List Center is located, to promote the Center’s upcoming...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (18 resolutions, RES 2018 #297 to RES 2018 #314)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 18 resolutions (RES 2018 #297, RES 2018 #298, RES 2018 #299, RES 2018 #300, RES 2018 #301, RES 2018 #302, RES 2018 #303, RES 2018 #304, RES 2018 #305, RES 2018 #306, RES 2018 #307, RES 2018 #308, RES 2018 #309, RES 2018 #310, RES 2018 #311, RES 2018 #312, RES 2018 #313, RES 2018 #314); 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 #225
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Department of Human Service Programs, the Department of Public Works and the Department of Public Health to identify ways to raise awareness...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #226
The City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and any other relevant City departments to install a four-way stop sign at the...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #227
That the Government Operations, Rules and Claims Committee schedule a hearing on the proposed “Cambridge Publicly Financed Municipal Election Program” and the “Cambridge Municipal People’s Pledge...
ORDER ADOPTED REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, RULES AND CLAIMS COMMITTEE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, RULES AND CLAIMS COMMITTEE.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #228
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation department and any other relevant city departments to study the potential of utilizing the...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #229
That the City Manager is requested to work with any relevant City departments and with the various programs and facilities that serve Cambridge’s most vulnerable populations, including at food...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #230
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the appropriate City personnel to seek a formal response from CVS as it relates to a racial profiling incident.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #232
Recognition to those who brought the MLK School construction to a successful completion.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #233
That the City Council go on record in recognizing October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and support the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #234
Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to provide the City Council with a list of streets where it is recommended that the speed be reduced to 20 MPH
ORDER ADOPTED
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Committee Reports · CRT 2018 #40
A communication was received from Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk, transmitting a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing...
REPORT ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE ORDER #10 ADOPTED
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From the minutes
“RESULT: REPORT ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE ORDER #10 ADOPTED.”
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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