Asked the City Manager to work with the MBTA to install a shelter on Aberdeen Avenue without advertising or lighting …

How it started

Proposed by Vice Mayor Jan Devereux — 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 · Jan 30, 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

📨 Answered — the report came back as CMA 2017 #61 (Mar 20, 2017).

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Taken upJan 30, 2017

Held — charter rightone member's right to pause

Order adopted as amended

Referred for reportAR 2017-16Mar 20, 2017

Administration answeredCMA 2017-61Mar 20, 2017 · answered in 0 days

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

January 30, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the MBTA and the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to install a shelter without advertising or lighting comparable to what was there originally; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to consult with City staff to develop a policy that prohibits advertising and illumination on bus shelters in residential areas citywide and as well as in the Parkway Overlay District and report back to the Council. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TOOMEY