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POR 2017-50

Asked the City Manager to direct the appropriate City personnel to compile a list of legal resources and a list of …

How it started
Proposed by Councillor E. Denise Simmons — a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
✅ Order adopted — the Council's request now goes to the City Manager. (Order adopted as amended · Feb 27, 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 #207 (Aug 7, 2017).
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Order adopted as amendedFeb 27, 2017
Referred for reportAR 2017-19Mar 6, 2017
Administration answeredCMA 2017-207Aug 7, 2017 · answered in 154 days

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The document a council order
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City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
February 27, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate City personnel to compile a list of legal resources and a list of frequently-asked-questions for undocumented people living in Cambridge, and to post this information on a new “Immigration Concerns” resource page on the City’s main website; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to determine what other specific steps the City can and should take to protect undocumented persons living in Cambridge during the Trump Administration, and to report back to the City Council in a timely manner.