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AR 25-68

Asks the City Manager to streamline the permitting process, including but not limited to creating a central role dedicated to the permitting process, the creation of a unified online permitting portal, and standardized timelines, and report back to the City Council not later than March 2026

How it started
The Council asked this of the City Manager via POR 2025 #163, adopted Dec 15, 2025, sponsored by Vice Mayor Azeem and Councillors Zusy, Toner, McGovern, and Nolan.
What happened
Dec 15, 2025 · ⏳ Awaiting the answer: on the Council’s awaiting-report ledger since Dec 15, 2025.
What’s next
No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number (248 days and counting). Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.
Taken upDec 15, 2025
Referred for reportAR 2025-68Dec 15, 2025
Awaiting answer⏳ pending248 days and counting

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Dec 15, 2025