Chair of the Economic Development and University Relations Committee be and hereby is requested to schedule a hearing as soon as is feasible to invite representatives of Equity One, Colliers International, Dow & Stearns Trust, Harvard University, Gerald Chan from Morningside Group, the Historical Commission and the Harvard Square Business Association to share their thoughts about the future of Harvard Square on the record, for business owners to share their concerns, and to provide the community with an opportunity to weigh in on this important discussion

How it started

Oct 31, 2016 · Proposed by Councillor Simmons and Vice Mayor Devereux: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Oct 31, 2016 · Amendment carried Moved by Councillor Jan Devereux; carried on a voice vote.

aforementioned order to add to the list of invitees Gerald Chan from Morningside Group

The clerk's words, from the minutes of Oct 31, 2016, p. 28.

Oct 31, 2016 · ✅ Order adopted as amended (two not recorded)

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Present and voting at this meeting (7)

Craig A. Kelley
David Maher
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
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

⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.

The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

October 31, 2016

ORDERED: That the Chair of the Economic Development and University Relations Committee be and hereby is requested to schedule a hearing as soon as is feasible to invite representatives of Equity One, Colliers International, Dow & Stearns Trust, and Harvard University to share their thoughts about the future of Harvard Square on the record, for business owners to share their concerns, and to provide the community with an opportunity to weigh in on this important discussion.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 31, 2016