Agenda Items ▸ Policy Orders
POR 2016-54
Asked the City Manager to form a special working group that will be tasked with developing a framework for the …
How it started
Proposed by Councillors Maher, Simmons, Cheung, and McGovern — 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 — unanimous · Feb 29, 2016)
Voted yes (9) — unanimous
Dennis Carlone- Leland Cheung
Jan Devereux
Craig A. Kelley- David Maher
- Nadeem Mazen
Marc McGovern
Timothy J. Toomey
E. Denise Simmons
What’s next
⌛ Waiting on the answer — the administration has not yet reported back.
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Taken upFeb 29, 2016
Held — charter rightone member's right to pause
Order adopted as amended, unanimous
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The document a council order
City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
March 14, 2016
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to form a special working group that will be tasked with developing a framework for the continued stewardship, curatorship and oversight of the historic Kiosk; and be it further ORDERED: That the City of Cambridge and the Harvard Square Business Association develop a public/private partnership that will thoughtfully and purposefully continue efforts to support and promote commerce in Harvard Square while being good stewards of the public space by managing the fiscal and programmatic aspects of this important and iconic space.