COF 2016 #26 · Communication to the City Council · May 2 2016

DONNA P. LOPEZ CITY CLERK DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK APRIL 27, 2016 CITY OF CAMBRIDGE ( 617) 349-4260 FAX: (617) 3~9-4269 THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL DONNA P. LOPEZ, CITY CLERK @ CLOSURE OFAN OPEN MEETING LAW COMPLAINT PAULA M. CRANE DEPUTY CITY CLERK Attached you will find a communication received by this office from Kevin Manganaro, Assistant Attorney General, Division of Open Government, regarding the Open Meeting Law Complaint filed by Kim Courtney and Xavier Dietrich. Please note that the Office of the Attorney General has not received any record of a complaint filed by Ms. Courtney and Mr. Dietrich and therefore considers this matter closed. Your kind attention in this matter will be greatly appreciated. CITY HALL, 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ONEASHBURTONPLACE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108 MAURA HEALEY ATTORNEY GENERAL Kim Courtney and Xavier Dietrich 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Unit 259 Cambridge, MA 0213 9 Dear Kim Courtney and Xavier Dietrich: f\.pri121, 2016 [phone removed] [phone removed] TTY www.mass.gov/ago We understand that on January 5, 2016, you filed a complaint with the Cambridge City Council (the "City Council") and the Cambridge City Clerk (the "City Clerk"), alleging a : violation ofthe Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-25. The City Council and City Clerk is required to notify our office of the complaint and any remedial action taken to address the ' complaint. G.L. c. 30A, § 23(b); 940 CMR 29.05(5). Our office received notification and a response from the City Couricil and City Clerk on January 27, 2016. · Under the Open Meeting Law, a complaint is ripe for review by our office when the complainant files a copy of the initial complaint with the Division of Open Government, provided that at least 30 days have passed since that complaint was filed with the public bqdy. G.L. c. 30A, § 23(b); 940 CMR 29.05(6). We sent you a letter on February 4, 2016 stating that if we did not receive the original complaint from you by Tuesday, April 5, 2016, we would presume the action taken by the City Council and City Clerk was sufficient and would close this file. Our office cunently has no record of a complaint filed by you in this matter. Therefore, we- now consider this matter closed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or believe anything stated in this letter to be inaccurate. cc: Donna P. Lopez, Cambridge City Clerk Cambridge City Councii Sincerely, · ~ 0 :;_:; __.-, ~ .., .___. ~/ft,;;-;~-7 ~ ~ ;; /c:J- ff;'/~ ~0 ;g ~y r' . .., Kevin Manganaro ~ ;;;! ~ Assistant Attorney General ~ ;; Division of Open Governmei:::] 5