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POR 2016-145

Asked the City Manager to confer with the Inspectional Services Department, the Historical Commission and other appropriate City departments to suggest ways to improve the public noticing of proposed building demolitions consistent with the outreach used for variances and special permits and to consider extending the amount of time to consider whether a property is historically significant

How it started
May 23, 2016 · Proposed by Vice Mayor Devereux and Councillor Carlone: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
May 23, 2016 · Amendment carried Moved by Councillor Jan Devereux; carried on a voice vote.
the aforementioned order by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to consult with the Historical Commission and other departments with a view in mind to consider extending the amount of time to consider whether a property is historically significant
The clerk's words, from the minutes of May 23, 2016, p. 23.
May 23, 2016 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager.
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Present and voting at this meeting (9)

  • Craig A. Kelley
  • David Maher
  • Dennis Carlone
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Jan Devereux
  • Leland Cheung
  • Marc McGovern
  • Nadeem Mazen
  • Timothy J. Toomey
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
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2017 #57 (Mar 20, 2017).
The document a council order
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City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
May 23, 2016

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Inspectional Services Department, the Historical Commission and other appropriate City departments to suggest ways to improve the public noticing of proposed building demolitions consistent with the outreach used for variances and special permits, and to report back to the Council in a timely manner.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: May 23, 2016