Asked the City Manager to confer with the Affordable Housing Trust with the view in mind of immediately contacting the …

How it started

Proposed by Councillor Timothy J. Toomey — 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 · Jun 19, 2017)

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

⌛ Waiting on the answer — the administration has not yet reported back.

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Taken upJun 19, 2017

Held — charter rightone member's right to pause

Order adopted as amended

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

The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

June 26, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Affordable Housing Trust with the view in mind of immediately contacting the Episcopal Divinity School to begin negotiations for the purchase of 8-acre Episcopal Divinity School site for construction of critically needed affordable housing units including single occupancy spaces and middle income housing, particularly housing for eligible Cambridge residents, families, starter apartments for young adults, veterans, homeless and seniors who have been displaced. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY VICE MAYOR MCGOVERN