City Council support to expedite the relocation of the Cambridge District Court from Malden back to its originally assigned jurisdiction within the City of Cambridge

City of Cambridge O-12 ORIGINAL ORDER IN CITY COUNCIL February 26, 2018 COUNCILLOR SIMMONS COUNCILLOR MALLON COUNCILLOR CARLONE COUNCILLOR TOOMEY WHEREAS: For the past eight years, the Cambridge District Court has been relocated to a building in Medford, a move that has made it significantly difficult, in some cases prohibitively so, for too many Cambridge residents looking to utilize the Court’s services who have been unable to travel out to that location; and WHEREAS: Far too many members of the Cambridge community, particularly those who have been impacted by domestic violence, have reported that traveling to Medford is a significant enough burden that many have not been able to avail themselves of the Court’s services, and this can have far-reaching and negative repercussions upon their lives; and WHEREAS: Numerous local domestic violence advocates have impressed upon the members of the City Council the importance of relocating the Cambridge District Court back to its originally assigned jurisdiction within the City of Cambridge, and while there has been some discussion about this return to Cambridge hopefully taking place in 2020, far too many people will be negatively impacted in the meantime; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the City Council go on record expressing strong support to expedite the relocation of the Cambridge District Court from Malden back to its originally assigned jurisdiction within the City of Cambridge; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward suitably engrossed copies of this resolution to the members of the Cambridge Delegation to the State Legislature, and to Judge Roanne Sragow, on behalf of the entire City Council.