Asked the City Manager to work with relevant City departments to explore the feasibility of either using City funds to …

How it started

Proposed by Councillor E. Denise Simmons — a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

✅ Order adopted — first paused by a charter right, then adopted the following week; the request now goes to the City Manager. (Jun 6, 2016)

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 #71 (Mar 27, 2017).

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Taken upJun 6, 2016

Held — charter rightone member's right to pause

Order adopted

Referred for reportAR 2016-53Jun 20, 2016

Administration answeredCMA 2017-71Mar 27, 2017 · answered in 280 days

The item's path through the council — every recorded step. How the request pipeline works