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March 21, 2022
20 recorded votes, 12 with disagreement.
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Present: Burhan Azeem, Dennis Carlone, Alanna Mallon, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Paul Toner, Quinton Zondervan
Absent: None
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City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2022 #53
Place on file: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request to designate First Assistant City Solicitor Megan Bayer as the City of Cambridge liaison to...
PLACED ON FILE [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: PLACED ON FILE [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2022 #54
Place on file: A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the reappointment of Edward Otero as a Constable Without Power to serve civil process for a term of...
PLACED ON FILE [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: PLACED ON FILE [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2022 #55
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Shannon Grant for $40,228.40 received from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition’s Community...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2022 #56
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY22 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) STOP Grant for $15,945.00 received from the Executive...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2022 #57
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the FY2022 Cultural Investment Portfolio Program Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2022 #58
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the appropriation of a Recycling Dividends Program Grant received from the Massachusetts...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2022 #59
A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to recommendations for the block rates for water consumption and sewer use for the period beginning April 1, 2022 and...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
Calendar – Charter Right · CMA 2022 #38
Table: Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Management Performance Grant from the Massachusetts Emergency Management...
TABLED [6-3-0]
Yes: Azeem, Carlone, Mallon, Nolan, Siddiqui, ZondervanNo: McGovern, Simmons, Toner
From the minutes
“RESULT: TABLED [6-3-0] Next: 3/28/2022 5:30 PM YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Vice Mayor Mallon, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan NAYS: Councillor Toner, Councillor McGovern, Councillor Simmons.”
Calendar – Charter Right · CMA 2022 #45
A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a request from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation (DCR) to reactivate the parking meters installed last...
ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
Calendar – On The Table · POR 2022 #27
That the City Manager is requested to amend all existing Community Host Agreements previously issued by the City by reducing the Impact Fee to 0.05% of Gross Revenue and to refrain from placing...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Applications And Petitions · APP 2022 #13
An application was received from David Randa representing Life Alive Organic Cafe, requesting permission for two (2) canopies and one (1) projecting sign at the premises numbered 415 Main Street...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (3 resolutions, RES 2022 #51 to RES 2022 #53)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 3 resolutions (RES 2022 #51, RES 2022 #52, RES 2022 #53); 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.
Resolutions · RES 2022 #54
Resolution on the death of Kenneth Singleton. Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toner and entire membership.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (12 resolutions, RES 2022 #55 to RES 2022 #66)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 12 resolutions (RES 2022 #55, RES 2022 #56, RES 2022 #57, RES 2022 #58, RES 2022 #59, RES 2022 #60, RES 2022 #61, RES 2022 #62, RES 2022 #63, RES 2022 #64, RES 2022 #65, RES 2022 #66); 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.
Resolutions · RES 2022 #67
Resolution on the death of Joyce Marie McClure Councillor Toner, Councillor Simmons and entire membership.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #42
That the City Manager is requested to work with the Police Department to look into specific pedestrian safety interventions that can be placed at the intersection of Broadway and Highland Avenue.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #43
That the City Manager is requested to direct the Community Development Department to immediately convene an Alewife Overlay District Zoning Proposal Working Group.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #44
That the City Manager is requested to work with the appropriate city departments and the American Red Cross to establish a workforce development program for lifeguarding in Cambridge.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #45
That the City Manager is requested to work with the appropriate City departments and staff of the BB&N school to provide a solution to the idling issues at the start and end of the school day.
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #46
City Council support of H.3457/SD.2309, An Act Relative to Electric Bicycles
ORDER ADOPTED
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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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