City Council encourage the Chair of the Civic Unity and the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities …

How it started

Proposed by Councillors Simmons, Toomey, and Mazen — a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

✅ Adopted after amendments — the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended · Jun 20, 2016)

Present and voting at this meeting (8)

Craig A. Kelley
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

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The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

June 20, 2016

ORDERED: That the City Council be and hereby is requested to encourage the Chair of the Civic Unity Committee to hold a meeting in the near future to explore the ways in which the City of Cambridge can celebrate all ethnic traditions in the City.