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October 29, 2018
41 recorded votes, 41 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 #255
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $7,928,755 from Free Cash to the Mitigation Revenue Stabilization Fund which is a result of...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #257
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $18,000.00 from Free Cash to General Fund Public Celebrations/Arts Council Other Ordinary...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #261
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $100,000 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Extraordinary Expenditures...
ORDER ADOPTED AND REPORT PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AND REPORT PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #264
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $67,179.02 from Free Cash to the Public Investment Fund Public Works Department Extraordinary...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #268
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $39,000.00 from Friends of the Community Learning Center to Department of Human Service Salary...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #269
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $15,000.00 from Friends of the Community Learning Center to Department of Human Service Salary...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #270
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $50,000.00 from the Cambridge Community Foundation to support the Agenda for Children Out of...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #271
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of funds for the College Success Program (CSI) from the Cambridge Housing Authority for $12,500.00...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #272
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Children’s Trust Fund grant for the Center for Families program in the amount of $62,925.00...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2018 #273
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of additional funds to the Adult Basic Education (ABE) grant received from the Massachusetts...
ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1]
Yes: Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, Simmons, Toomey, ZondervanDennis Carlone is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [8-0-1] YEAS: Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan ABSENT: Councillor Carlone.”
Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #239
That the Chairs of the Ordinance Committee schedule a hearing on Tree Protections and the Chairs of the Health & Environment Committee schedule public hearings on Tree Protections and the...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2018 #243
The City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Community Development Department to provide a written timeline of what specific steps must take place in order to take a final vote on the...
ORDER ADOPTED 6-2-1
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Applications And Petitions · APP 2018 #344
An application was received from Daniel Brennan, requesting permission for a projecting sign at the premises numbered 3 Brattle Street approval has been received from Inspectional Services...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (12 resolutions, RES 2018 #334 to RES 2018 #345)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 12 resolutions (RES 2018 #334, RES 2018 #335, RES 2018 #336, RES 2018 #337, RES 2018 #338, RES 2018 #339, RES 2018 #340, RES 2018 #341, RES 2018 #342, RES 2018 #343, RES 2018 #344, RES 2018 #345); 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 #244
Order filing Home Rule Petition entitled "An Act Authorizing the City of Cambridge to offer Early Voting in Municipal Elections.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #245
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Department of Public Works to section off an area of the Mid-Cambridge Library lawn to dedicate to a dog park.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #246
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the appropriate City staff to determine whether unisex bathrooms can be installed in City Hall, or whether existing bathrooms could...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #247
That the City Manager is requested to instruct the Director of 22 CityView to record the Human Services and Veterans Committee hearing on October 30, 2018 in its entirety so that those residents...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #248
That the City Manager is requested to make the necessary arrangements to have the clock tower bell of City Hall to ring out twenty-one times commencing at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 11, 2018...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #249
That the City Council declare that honor and gratitude be bestowed upon the Military Order of The Purple Heart, and further declare the City of Cambridge as a “Purple Heart City” in the...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #250
That the City Manager is requested to consult with the Cambridge Police Department and the Department of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation to determine how to best address the uptick in...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #251
That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate staff to work with DCR and the State Police to determine what measures would best serve to prevent vehicles from blocking the Fresh...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #252
That the City Manager is requested to provide an update on any current discussions or plans for extending the Alewife Greenway Bike Path from Alewife to Sherman Street.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #253
That the City Manager and City staff be and hereby is requested to review its bidding process to improve outreach to local businesses on upcoming opportunities to contract for municipal business...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #254
That the City Manager is requested to send a letter to Enroot on behalf of the City and the Cambridge City Council encouraging them to work closely and collaboratively with their tenants during...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #255
That the City Manager is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department to schedule a walk down Rindge Avenue, covering at least from Haskell Street to Sherman Street, to...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #256
That the City Manager is requested to confer with City staff and report back to the City Council on the status of the Cambridge Street Bicycle Safety Demonstration Project and on any efforts to...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #257
That the City Manager is requested to confer with City staff and report back to the City Council on opportunities and plans to increase signage or other communication efforts to help ensure that...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #258
That the City Manager is requested to make the necessary arrangements to have the Health and Environment Committee hearing on November 7, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. televised in its entirety so that...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #259
That the City Manager is requested to report back on the current status of the Surveillance Technology Ordinance and a date the City Council can expect an updated version of the proposed Ordinance.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #260
That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council on the current status of any City Hall renovation plans and a timeline of planned events.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #261
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate City departments to use the best available salt substitutes and additives, and apply all other appropriate chloride...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #263
That the 500-foot buffer in the Cannabis proposed zoning amendment be reduced to 300 feet in relation to K-12 schools and public youth facilities.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #264
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct City staff to provide zoning language for the Cannabis proposed zoning amendment to allow adult use cannabis establishments in BA-1...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #265
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct City staff to consider increasing the 5,000 square feet limitation for production facilities in the Cannabis proposed zoning amendment.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #266
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct City staff to explore the possibility in the proposed Cannabis zoning amendment that adult use establishments integrate medical use...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #267
To strike ll.803.1 (b) (i) provision from the cannabis zoning proposed amendment.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #268
That the City Manager be and hereby is directed to instruct City staff to review the possibility to include "social equity" in section 11.803.1 (b) (ii) of the proposed cannabis zoning amendment.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2018 #269
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to provide the City Council with a recommendation of potential City departments that could house the work for Indigenous Peoples’ Day
ORDER ADOPTED
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Committee Reports · CRT 2018 #45
A communication was received from Paula Crane, Deputy City Clerk, transmitting a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts...
REPORT ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FIIE ORDER #26 ADOPTED
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From the minutes
“RESULT: REPORT ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FIIE ORDER #26 ADOPTED.”
Committee Reports · CRT 2018 #46
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 AND PLACED ON FILE ORDERS #20-25 ADOPTED
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From the minutes
“RESULT: REPORT ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE ORDERS #20-25 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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