Asked the City Manager to consult with the Department of Public Works, the City Arborist and any other relevant City departments to discuss the feasibility of an education campaign that would be available to all property owners through tax bills and other sources to educate residents about watering street trees near their property, refilling Gator Bags, and other tips for caring for street trees and the possibility of implementing an "Adopt-a-Tree" program

How it started

Apr 4, 2016 · Proposed by Vice Mayor Devereux and Councillor Carlone: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Apr 4, 2016 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager.

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 2016 #232 (Aug 1, 2016).

Order adoptedApr 4, 2016

Referred for reportAR 2016-27Apr 11, 2016

Administration answeredCMA 2016-232Aug 1, 2016 · answered in 112 days

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

🏛 This item on the city's site

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Apr 4, 2016