Extending the prior authorization for the City Manager or their designee to grant street obstruction approvals, along with any other necessary approvals for temporary obstructions until June 30, 2024

How it started

Sep 9, 2024 · Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager.

What happened

Sep 9, 2024 · ✅ Adopted: the Council approved it (Order adopted · one not recorded)

Present and voting at this meeting (8)

Ayesha M. Wilson
Burhan Azeem
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Paul F. Toner
Sumbul Siddiqui

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

Agenda Item No. 21

IN CITY COUNCIL

September 9, 2024

ORDERED: That from this date until June 30, 2025, due to the restaurant community’s continued need to expand outdoor dining services and consistent with the change in state law that waives the requirement that the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission approve amendments to licenses to provide for outdoor alcoholic beverage table service, and consistent with the City’s Outdoor Dining Policy, until June 30, 2025, all applications for temporary street obstructions for outdoor dining services will hereby be referred to the City Manager or their designee with authorization to act.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Sep 9, 2024