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POR 2016-217

Asked the City Manager to coordinate with the Cambridge Arts Council in implementing a nomination based “Artist of the …

How it started
Proposed by Councillor Nadeem A. Mazen — a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
✅ Order adopted — the Council's request now goes to the City Manager. (Order adopted as amended · Aug 1, 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 #25 (Jan 30, 2017).
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Order adopted as amendedAug 1, 2016
Referred for reportAR 2016-68Sep 12, 2016
Administration answeredCMA 2017-25Jan 30, 2017 · answered in 140 days

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The document a council order
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City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
August 1, 2016

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to coordinate with the Cambridge Arts Council in implementing a nomination based “Artist of the Month” program; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to give the selected artist a $2,000 grant to be spent on project supplies, housing, or general living expenses; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Cambridge Arts Council to remove the difficult long-form application in favor of this nomination based system, and to report back on these three matters.