Asked the City Manager to work with the Economic Development Division to regularly update the vacant property database as well as review the strategies presented in the Storefront Vacancies Best Practices Report and report back on the feasibility of implementing these recommendations

How it started

Sep 17, 2018 · Proposed by Mayor Siddiqui, Vice Mayor Mallon, and Councillors Zondervan and Carlone: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Sep 17, 2018 · Held by charter right the city's note: “CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TOOMEY”

Sep 24, 2018 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager.

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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 #11 (Jan 14, 2019).

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Sep 17, 2018