Asked the City Manager to report back to the Council as soon as possible with an outline for drafting possible …

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. (Order adopted as amended · Oct 17, 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

⌛ Waiting on the answer — the administration has not yet reported back.

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Taken upOct 17, 2016

Held — charter rightone member's right to pause

Order adopted as amended

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

The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

October 17, 2016

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the City Solicitor, in coordination with staff at the Public Health Department, Inspectional Services, the License Commission and the Fire Department, to recommend the most appropriate and expedient actions, to include proposed ordinance and/or regulatory language, to identify and address the public health threats and detriments to residents’ quality of life caused by commercial establishments operating wood-fired ovens and/or to ban the use by commercial establishments of wood-fired ovens, and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the Council as soon as possible with an outline for drafting possible legislation and other recommendations for interim actions to identify and address the public health impacts of any commercial wood-fired ovens currently operating in the city and/or to ban the use of wood-fired ovens by commercial establishments. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TOOMEY