Asked the City Manager to work with the MBTA to install a shelter on Aberdeen Avenue without advertising or lighting comparable to what was originally there and 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

How it started

Jan 30, 2017 · Proposed by Vice Mayor Jan Devereux: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Jan 30, 2017 · Held by charter right the city's note: “EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TOOMEY”

Feb 6, 2017 · Amendment carried Moved by Councillor Jan Devereux; carried on a voice vote.

the aforementioned order by striking out the last paragraph

The clerk's words, from the minutes of Feb 6, 2017, p. 11.

Feb 6, 2017 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager.

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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).

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

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 30, 2017