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March 28, 2022
12 recorded votes, 10 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
Every vote, in order
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2022 #61
Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $252,073.12 received from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program income to the Public...
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 · APP 2022 #11
An application was received from Joseph Bednar requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 266 Rindge Avenue; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services...
ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE
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Calendar – Charter Right · APP 2022 #12
An application was received from Mathew Marshall, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 221 Columbia Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services...
FAILED OF ADOPTION BY VOICE VOTE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: FAILED OF ADOPTION BY VOICE VOTE.”
Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (9 resolutions, RES 2022 #68 to RES 2022 #76)
ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 9 resolutions (RES 2022 #68, RES 2022 #69, RES 2022 #70, RES 2022 #71, RES 2022 #72, RES 2022 #73, RES 2022 #74, RES 2022 #75, RES 2022 #76); 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 2022 #47
That the City Manager is requested to direct the City Solicitor to draft language to enable the Cambridge Police Department and Department of Public Works to donate abandoned bicycles to...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY VOICE VOTE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY VOICE VOTE.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #48
City Council support of the MIT Graduate Student Union.
ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #49
That City Council remind the residents of Cambridge that regular street cleaning begins again on April 1, 2022 and that all residents can sign up for automatic alerts and reminders from the City...
ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #50
City Council support urging the Massachusetts Legislature and the residents of Cambridge to oppose House Bill 1234 and the proposed 2022 state ballot initiative and ensuring that the rights of...
ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #51
That the City Council go on record declaring April 2022, as “Autism Awareness Month” in the City of Cambridge.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY VOICE VOTE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY VOICE VOTE.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #52
That Vice Mayor Mallon and Councillor Nolan shall work with the City Manager to request that the City Manager appoint three senior City staff as members of the preliminary screening committee...
ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2022 #53
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the appropriate departments and the People of Riverbend Park Trust to promptly submit a letter to the State Legislature...
ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE.”
Committee Reports
Place on file: The Public Safety Committee and the Economic Development & University Relations Committee met on July 21, 2021 jointly to hear from Saskia VannJames, President of the Massachusetts...
ACCEPTED [9-0-0]
From the minutes
“RESULT: ACCEPTED [9-0-0] YEAS: Councillor Carlone, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Toner, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Azeem, Councillor Zondervan.”
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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