Chair of the Human Services and Veterans Committee is requested to hold one or more public meetings with homeless advocates, appropriate City legal, public safety, human services, DPW and Traffic staff and appropriate representatives of the DCR to determine what, if any, steps can be taken to address safety and waste issues associated with intersection panhandling

How it started

Nov 21, 2016 · Proposed by Councillor Craig A. Kelley: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Nov 21, 2016 · ✅ Adopted, and also sent to a committee for further work (Order adopted and referred)

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

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