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POR 2019-126

Asked the City Manager to direct the appropriate City personnel to compile a full accounting of streets, schools, and public buildings that may be named in honor of those who have ties to the American slave trade, and to work towards renaming all of these streets, schools, and buildings as soon as possible

How it started
Apr 8, 2019 · Proposed by Councillor E. Denise Simmons: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Apr 8, 2019 · Amendment carried Moved by Councillor E. Denise Simmons; carried on a voice vote.
the aforementioned order by adding at the end thereof that this matter be referred to the Civic Unity Committee for further discussion
The clerk's words, from the minutes of Apr 8, 2019, p. 28.
Apr 8, 2019 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. 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 2020 #285 (Dec 14, 2020).
The document a council order
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City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
April 8, 2019

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate City personnel to compile a full accounting of streets, schools, and public buildings that may be named in honor of those who have ties to the American slave trade, and to work towards renaming all of these streets, schools, and buildings as soon as possible; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council on this matter in a timely manner.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Apr 8, 2019