Asked the City Manager to confer with appropriate staff from the City, MassDOT, the Federal Railroad Administration, the MBTA and any other organization with jurisdiction over the Sherman Street train crossing and related train traffic with the goal of implementing whatever street and intersection changes are necessary to get this area re-designated a “quiet zone.”

How it started

Jul 30, 2018 · Proposed by Councillor Kelley, Vice Mayor Devereux and Mallon, and Councillor Toomey: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Jul 30, 2018 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager.

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Alanna Mallon
Craig A. Kelley
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Marc McGovern
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
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 2018 #232 (Sep 24, 2018).

Order adoptedJul 30, 2018

Referred for reportAR 2018-80Sep 17, 2018

Administration answeredCMA 2018-232Sep 24, 2018 · answered in 7 days

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

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jul 30, 2018