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September 23, 2019
9 recorded votes, 8 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 2019 #255
A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to recommendations of the Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC) for FY2020.
18 ORDER ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: 18 ORDER ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey, Councillor Zondervan.”
Calendar – Unfinished Business · CMA 2019 #86
Ordain: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the proposed Cannabis Business Permitting Ordinance. ON OR AFTER APRIL 22, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON...
ORDAINED [7-0-2-0]
Yes: Carlone, Devereux, Kelley, Mallon, McGovern, Siddiqui, ZondervanAbstained: Simmons, Toomey
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDAINED [7-0-2-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Mallon, Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Zondervan PRESENT: Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey.”
Calendar – Unfinished Business · APP 2019 #75
Pass to a second reading: A Zoning Petition has been received from Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. et al proposing a Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District
PASSED TO A SECOND READING
The Final Actions give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“RESULT: PASSED TO A SECOND READING Next: 10/7/2019 5:30 PM.”
Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (5 resolutions, RES 2019 #307 to RES 2019 #311)
ORDER ADOPTED AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NINE MEMBERS
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 5 resolutions (RES 2019 #307, RES 2019 #308, RES 2019 #309, RES 2019 #310, RES 2019 #311); MassVoter lists them as one vote. The Final Actions say "affirmative vote of nine members"; that is every councillor at the meeting, so each is shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NINE MEMBERS.”
Resolutions · RES 2019 #312
Best wishes to Paddy's on their 9th Annual 5K Cambridge Classic and congratulations on their 85th Anniversary Celebration on September 29, 2019. Councillor Toomey, Councillor Simmons and entire...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMEDED AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NINE MEMBERS
The Final Actions say "affirmative vote of nine members"; that is every councillor at the meeting, so each is shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AS AMEDED AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NINE MEMBERS.”
Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (6 resolutions, RES 2019 #313 to RES 2019 #318)
ORDER ADOPTED AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NINE MEMBERS
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 6 resolutions (RES 2019 #313, RES 2019 #314, RES 2019 #315, RES 2019 #316, RES 2019 #317, RES 2019 #318); MassVoter lists them as one vote. The Final Actions say "affirmative vote of nine members"; that is every councillor at the meeting, so each is shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NINE MEMBERS.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2019 #315
That the City Manager is requested to light up City Hall red for World Dyslexia Awareness Day, Friday, October 4, 2019, beginning at sundown.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2019 #319
That the City Manager work with the City Solicitor, the ordinance committee co-chairs and the Mayor's office to develop criteria and policy goals to guide the City Manager in negotiating Host...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Committee Reports · CRT 2019 #68
A report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on September 18, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. to discuss amendments...
REPORT ACCEPTED ONE ORDER ADOPTED ONE RECOMMENDATION ADOPTED
The Final Actions give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councillor voted.
From the minutes
“RESULT: REPORT ACCEPTED ONE ORDER ADOPTED ONE RECOMMENDATION 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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