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POR 2018-199

Asked the City Manager to confer with relevant City staff to determine the navigational editing capabilities of the City of Cambridge

How it started
Jul 30, 2018 · Proposed by Councillors Kelley and Zondervan and Vice Mayor Mallon and Devereux: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Jul 30, 2018 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. 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 2019 #225 (Jul 30, 2019).
Order adopted as amendedJul 30, 2018
Referred for reportAR 2018-87Sep 17, 2018
Administration answeredCMA 2019-225Jul 30, 2019 · answered in 316 days

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The document a council order
City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
July 30, 2018

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with relevant City staff to determine what navigational editing capabilities the City of Cambridge has and report back to the City Council informing the Council of, along with any other relevant information: 1. Which navigational companies have given the City editing power and to what extent; 2. Which navigational companies the City is working with to establish editing power and to what extent 3. Which street limitations, such as “No Left Turn,” “Do Not Enter from 3-7 PM” or “No Trucks” have been entered on which navigational systems 4. What sort of use information is provided to the City from which navigational systems 5. What interventions the City is considering, such as “Open To Local Residents Only” or “90 Degree turn ahead- no trucks” signs or targeted traffic enforcement details at specific stop signs (which are often rolled through as people take WAZE directed shortcuts through Cambridge), to minimize the disruptive impact of navigational devices on local streets ORDERED: That the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee be and hereby is requested to schedule a hearing to learn more about the City’s interaction with navigational device services.

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