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May 19, 2025
19 recorded votes, 19 with disagreement.
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Present: Burhan Azeem, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Ayesha Wilson, Catherine Zusy
Absent: Paul Toner
Every vote, in order
Reconsideration List · POR 2025 #70
First floor retail policy order.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED [8-0-1]
Paul Toner is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner.”
Reconsideration List · APP 2025 #19
Reconsider: An application was received from Matt Mayo, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 49 Alpine Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional...
RECONSIDERATION FAILED [2-4-1-2]
The Final Actions' count reads 2-4-1-2, but the names listed under it show 2 yes, 4 no, 2 present, 1 absent. Because the two do not agree, MassVoter shows the count of the names only and will ask the City Clerk.
From the minutes
“RESULT: RECONSIDERATION FAILED [2-4-1-2] YEAS: Councillor Nolan, Councillor Zusy NAYS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Siddiqui, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner PRESENT: Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2025 #120
Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $100,000, received from a Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Incentive Program (MassEVIP) Grant, to the...
ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1]
Paul Toner is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2025 #121
Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a transfer in the amount of $150,000, from the General Fund Fire Salaries and Wages account to the General Fund Fire Other...
ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1]
Paul Toner is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2025 #122
A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a 5-year contract for AED installation and maintenance.
APPROVED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE
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From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2025 #123
Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $34,300, to the Grant Fund Public Celebrations (Arts Council) Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds...
ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1]
Paul Toner is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2025 #124
Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $298,794.13, funded by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), to the Grant...
ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1]
Paul Toner is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2025 #125
Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $8,615.00, for the Center for Families program, funded by the Cambridge Public Health Commission, Agenda...
ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1]
Paul Toner is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2025 #126
Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5,000 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account. These...
ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1]
Paul Toner is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: ORDER ADOPTED AND CMA PLACED ON FILE [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner.”
City Manager's Agenda · CMA 2025 #129
Refer: A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a Planning Board Report regarding the Cannabis Repackaging Petition.
REFERRED TO THE PETITION [8-0-1]
Paul Toner is listed as absent for this vote.
From the minutes
“RESULT: REFERRED TO THE PETITION [8-0-1] YEAS: Councillor Azeem, Vice Mayor McGovern, Councillor Nolan, Councillor Siddiqui, Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Councillor Wilson, Councillor Zusy, Mayor Simmons ABSENT: Councillor Toner.”
Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2025 #75
That this City Council hereby declares June 19, 2025 as a Day of Reflection on Mass Incarceration in the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, go on record in support, and gives its endorsement of...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Policy Order And Resolution List · POR 2025 #77
That the City Council go on record in support of HD 1811/SD 1114 and HD 1693/SD 1124 and the Clean Slate Massachusetts campaign.
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Calendar – Charter Right · POR 2025 #71
That the City Manager is requested to meet with the leadership of the Harvard Square Business Association to discuss the proposal and to take the necessary steps to facilitate the release of...
ORDER ADOPTED AS AMENDED
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Applications And Petitions · APP 2025 #20
An application was received from Gail Wang requesting permission for a temporary banner across JFK at Mount Auburn Street and Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall announcing Boston Dragon...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Applications And Petitions · APP 2025 #21
An application was received from Bailey Clurman Chamber of Commerce requesting permission for a temporary banner across Massachusetts Avenue in front of City Hall announcing Cambridge Taste from...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Applications And Petitions · APP 2025 #22
An application was received from Andrew Jawa, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 11 Union Street; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services...
ORDER ADOPTED
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Resolutions
Resolutions adopted together (11 resolutions, RES 2025 #125 to RES 2025 #135)
ORDER ADOPTED
The Final Actions record the same result and vote for each of these 11 resolutions (RES 2025 #125, RES 2025 #126, RES 2025 #127, RES 2025 #128, RES 2025 #129, RES 2025 #130, RES 2025 #131, RES 2025 #132, RES 2025 #133, RES 2025 #134, RES 2025 #135); 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.
Committee Reports · ORD 2025 # 5
Pass to a second reading: A. An Ordinance has been received from City Clerk, relative to Chapter 5.50 CANNABIS BUSINESS PERMITTING
PASSED TO A SECOND READING
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From the minutes
“RESULT: PASSED TO A SECOND READING Next: 6/2/2025 5:30 PM.”
Committee Reports · ORD 2025 # 6
Pass to a second reading: B. An Ordinance has been received from City Clerk Diane P. LeBlanc, relative to Zoning Petition to remove the repackaging prohibition as a City Council Zoning Petition.
PASSED TO A SECOND READING
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From the minutes
“RESULT: PASSED TO A SECOND READING Next: 6/2/2025 5:30 PM.”
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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