A proposal to instruct the License Commission and City Solicitor’s office to drop all charges against UpperWest and its owners, to reconsider UpperWest’s package store application, and to issue a public apology to UpperWest and its owners

How it started

Jul 30, 2019 · Proposed by Councillor Quinton Zondervan: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Jul 30, 2019 · Held by charter right the city's note: “EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN”

Sep 9, 2019 · Referred

Sep 16, 2019 · ❌ Voted down, 1–7. The request failed, and nothing goes to the City Manager. (Order failed of adoption · one not recorded)

View the roll call

Voted yes (1)

Quinton Zondervan

Voted no (7)

Jan Devereux
Craig A. Kelley
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Timothy J. Toomey

Did not vote (1)

Dennis Carlone

The roll call records 8 of the 9 seated members (roster: 2018–19 term). The clerk's record does not state whether Councillor Carlone was absent or abstaining on this vote.

Roll call of Sep 16, 2019 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

🚪 End of the line: the request was never made.

The document Agenda item attachment · 34 pages

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jul 30, 2019