Asked the City Manager to confer with the necessary stakeholders to determine the practicality of buying the Tokyo site …

How it started

Proposed by Councillor McGovern and Vice Mayor Devereux — a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

✅ Order adopted — the Council's request now goes to the City Manager. (May 1, 2017)

Present and voting at this meeting (7)

Craig A. Kelley
David Maher
Dennis Carlone
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

⌛ Waiting on the answer — the administration has not yet reported back (AR 2017 #40 open, 3,322 days).

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Order adoptedMay 1, 2017

Referred for reportAR 2017-40Jun 12, 2017

Awaiting answer⏳ pending3,322 days and counting

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