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June 17, 2019
2 meetings this evening, 15 recorded votes in all, in the order they were held.
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Attendance
Present: Dennis Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Timothy Toomey
Absent: Quinton Zondervan
0 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
No recorded votes.
Cambridge City Council · Regular meeting
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Meeting video · City meeting page
Attendance
Note on these minutes: Because the city has posted no Final Actions for this meeting, the votes are read from the city’s iQM2 meeting page and each item’s vote record (the same records the Final Actions are printed from).
Present: Dennis Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Timothy Toomey, Quinton Zondervan
Absent: None
15 recorded votes, 8 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2019 #169
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $29,343.28 from individual donations, to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary...
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig A. Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2019 #170
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $79,059.00 from the Cambridge Housing Authority, to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary...
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig A. Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2019 #171
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $42,689.17 received from various donations to the Council on Aging, to the Grant Fund Human...
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig A. Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2019 #172
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $10,000 from additional Golf Course revenue, to the Public Investment Human Service Programs...
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig A. Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2019 #173
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $226,672, from the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) of the Office of the U.S. Department of...
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig A. Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2019 #174
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $549,215 from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the HOME...
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig A. Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2019 #175
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $352,640.66 received from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program income to the Public...
ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] YEAS: Dennis J. Carlone, Jan Devereux, Craig A. Kelley, Alanna Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons, Timothy J. Toomey, Quinton Zondervan.”
Applications And Petitions · APP 2019 #51
An application was received from New City Microcreamery, requesting permission for 2 Benches in front of the premises numbered 403 Massachusetts Avenue.
Order Adopted
The city’s iQM2 record give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“1. APP 2019 #51 : An application was received from New City Microcreamery, requesting permission for 2 Benches in front of the premises numbered 403 Massachusetts Avenue. Order Adopted.”
Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (17 resolutions, RES 2019 #191 to RES 2019 #207)
Order Adopted
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 17 resolutions (RES 2019 #191, RES 2019 #192, RES 2019 #193, RES 2019 #194, RES 2019 #195, RES 2019 #196, RES 2019 #197, RES 2019 #198, RES 2019 #199, RES 2019 #200, RES 2019 #201, RES 2019 #202, RES 2019 #203, RES 2019 #204, RES 2019 #205, RES 2019 #206, RES 2019 #207); MassVoter lists them as one vote. The city’s iQM2 record give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“1. RES 2019 #191 : Resolution on the death of Peter V. Greco. Order Adopted.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2019 #215
City Council support of S.2213, An Act Relative to Gender Identity on Massachusetts Identification.
Order Adopted as Amended
The city’s iQM2 record give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“1. POR 2019 #215 : City Council support of S.2213, An Act Relative to Gender Identity on Massachusetts Identification. Order Adopted as Amended.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2019 #216
That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council regarding rubbish handling at Comeau Field and Francis J. McCrehan Memorial Swimming Pool.
Order Adopted
The city’s iQM2 record give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“2. POR 2019 #216 : That the City Manager is requested to report back to the City Council regarding rubbish handling at Comeau Field and Francis J. McCrehan Memorial Swimming Pool. Order Adopted.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2019 #217
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City staff and report back to the City Council in greater detail as to why the construction cost estimates for the Inman Square...
Order Adopted
The city’s iQM2 record give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“3. POR 2019 #217 : That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City staff and report back to the City Council in greater detail as to why the construction cost estimates for the Inman Square redesign project were so inaccurately low, what steps are being taken to ensure that the project will not lead to further cost estimate overruns, how such inaccurate cost estimates will be avoided for all projects in the future and interim steps that are being taken to ensure maximum safety in this area. Order Adopted.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2019 #218
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City staff and Eversource personnel to determine why the signals at Broadway and Ellery, which add an element of confusion to this...
Order Adopted as Amended
The city’s iQM2 record give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“4. POR 2019 #218 : That the City Manager is requested to confer with the appropriate City staff and Eversource personnel to determine why the signals at Broadway and Ellery, which add an element of confusion to this intersection, were installed without Eversource’s being able to connect them to the grid in a more responsive manner. Order Adopted as Amended.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2019 #219
City Council support for access to a safe and legal abortion.
Order Adopted
The city’s iQM2 record give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“5. POR 2019 #219 : City Council support for access to a safe and legal abortion. Order Adopted.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2019 #220
Verizon New England, Inc. - Ware Street Innovation Space Overlay District Petition
Order Adopted
The city’s iQM2 record give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“6. POR 2019 #220 : Verizon New England, Inc. - Ware Street Innovation Space Overlay District Petition Order 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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