Asked the City Manager to consult with the Department of Public Works, the City Arborist, and any other appropriate City department to establish a Tree Task Force to better protect the urban canopy

How it started

Feb 13, 2017 · Proposed by Vice Mayor Devereux and Councillors Carlone and Simmons: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Feb 13, 2017 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. 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 2017 #104 (Apr 24, 2017).

Order adopted as amendedFeb 13, 2017

Referred for reportAR 2017-17Feb 27, 2017

Administration answeredCMA 2017-104Apr 24, 2017 · answered in 56 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

February 13, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to consult with the Department of Public Works, the City Arborist, and any other appropriate City department to establish a Tree Task Force to better protect the urban canopy; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the Council on this in a timely manner.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Feb 13, 2017