City Council Regular Meeting, November 23, 2015

• Policy orderO-1Affordable housing in Cambridge is an area of great concern for the city; andCouncillor Carlone, Councillor MazenO-1
• Policy orderO-1✅ Order adopted as amended by substitutionAffordable housing in Cambridge is an area of great concern for the city; andCouncillor Carlone, Councillor Mazen, Councillor SimmonsO-1
• Policy orderO-2known to exist, not yet recoveredO-2
• Policy orderO-3Graduate employees are an integral part of the success of Harvard University in that their research and teaching is essential to the function of the university bringing roughly $819 million in grants and contract to the University each year; andCouncillor Toomey, Councillor McGovern, Councillor Simmons, Councillor CheungO-3
• Policy orderO-3City Council support of the efforts of the Harvard Graduate Student Union and urging the Harvard administration to commit to refrain from legal or other action that would delay graduate employees' right to choose collective bargaining, to refrain from efforts to influence research assistants and teaching assistants in their decision to vote on HGSU-UAW, and to commit to commence good-faith negotiations for a contract immediately upon confirmation of a majority vote by research assistants and teaching assistance in favor of HGSU-UAW as their union.O-3
• Policy orderO-4known to exist, not yet recoveredO-4
• Policy orderO-5known to exist, not yet recoveredO-5
• Policy orderO-6known to exist, not yet recoveredO-6
• Policy orderO-7Asks the City Manager to confer with the Assistant City Manager of Community Development with the vision of including within the Master Plan and Alewife Study a plan for the relocation of the DPW facilities.Council requestO-7
• Policy orderO-8known to exist, not yet recoveredO-8
• Policy orderO-9known to exist, not yet recoveredO-9
• Policy orderO-10known to exist, not yet recoveredO-10
• Policy orderO-11Asks the City Manager to make known the City Council's support for House Bill H.1656 and Senate Bill S.901, Acts relative to the support of the expansion of housing courts in the Commonwealth are current being considered by the Massachusetts legislature.Council requestO-11
• Policy orderO-12Asks the City Manager to confer with the City Solicitor to sign on to the attached Amicus Curaie brief in support of the California Teachers Association on behalf of the Cambridge City Council.Council requestO-12
• Policy orderO-13Asks the City Manager to confer with the Police Department to determine the feasibility of the Cambridge Police Station becoming a Safe Trade Station.Council requestO-13
• Policy orderO-14known to exist, not yet recoveredO-14
• Policy orderO-15known to exist, not yet recoveredO-15
• Policy orderO-16Executive Assistant to the City confer with the Dedication Committee to consider the request from Councillor Toomey for a street corner dedication in honor of Samuel, Felix and Joseph Miceli in the vicinity of Nichols Place.Council orderO-16

• Committee reportCR-1known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-1
• Committee reportCR-2known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-2
• Committee reportCR-3known to exist, not yet recoveredCR-3
• Committee reportCR-4Human Services & Veterans Committee: The Human Services and Veterans Committee conducted a public hearing on October 21, 2015, beginning at 3:12 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber.CR-4

• City Manager orderBy Section 21 of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, as amended, it is provided that the Cambridge City Council may discontinue a public way; andCity Manager Order

The roll calls of this meeting, named member by member, from the city's own minutes, recovered from the Internet Archive after the city removed them. Each reconciles against the clerk's printed tally.

• AGENDA # 5A
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherAdopted minutes
• AGENDA # 5B
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherAdopted minutes
• AGENDA # 6
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherAdopted minutes
• AGENDA # 1A
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherAdopted minutes
• AGENDA # 1B
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherAdopted minutes
• AGENDA # 1B
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherAdopted minutes
• AGENDA # 1C
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherAdopted minutes
• Communications and Reports from City Officers # 1
  9–0Benzan, Carlone, Cheung, Kelley, Mazen, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, Maher minutes
• O-14
  6–2–1Benzan, Carlone, McGovern, Simmons, Toomey, MaherCheung, KelleyMazen minutes