Asked the City Manager to consult with the Electrical Department on whether City Hall’s non-essential lights and/or outdoor illuminating lights may be turned off on the evening of Saturday, March 30 between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m., in observance of Earth Hour and to place Earth Hour 2019 on the City’s calendar and to promote public awareness and participation in Earth Hour through social media and other channels

How it started

Mar 25, 2019 · Proposed by Vice Mayor Devereux and Councillors McGovern and Zondervan: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Mar 25, 2019 · ✅ 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

⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.

🏛 This item on the city's site

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Mar 25, 2019