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POR 2019-327

Fuel pump warning labels

How it started
Oct 7, 2019 · Proposed by Vice Mayor Devereux and Councillors McGovern, Carlone, and Zondervan: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Oct 7, 2019 · Order adopted, 7–2
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Voted yes (7)

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Jan Devereux
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Timothy J. Toomey
  • Quinton Zondervan

Voted no (2)

  • Craig A. Kelley
  • E. Denise Simmons
Dec 10, 2019 · Referred as amended
Dec 10, 2019 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee testimony and discussion; any committee vote is in the committee's minutes
Jan 13, 2020 · Passed to a second reading
Jan 27, 2020 · ⚖️ Became law, 7–1. The Council ordained the amendments over one councillor's objection. (Ordained · one not recorded)
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Voted yes (7)

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Patty Nolan
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Quinton Zondervan

Voted no (1)

  • Timothy J. Toomey

Did not vote (1)

  • E. Denise Simmons

The roll call records 8 of the 9 seated members (roster: 2020–21 term). The clerk's record does not state whether Councillor Simmons was absent or abstaining on this vote.

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What’s next
Entered the Municipal Code: became law as ordained in January 2020. The Code can be amended at any time; its current text is the authority on what’s in force today.
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Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Cambridge as follows: That the Municipal Code of the City of Cambridge be amended in Section 8.12.010 entitled “Self-service station regulations”, which reads as follows:

8.12.010 - Self-service station regulations a) The dispensing of motor fuel by means of self-service automated dispensing systems shall be permitted at any authorized gasoline station. All installations shall comply with the regulations promulgated by the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations in the Commonwealth. b) Each self-service automated dispensing system shall display a clear warning label explaining that burning gasoline, diesel and ethanol has major consequences on human health and on the environment, including contributing to climate change. The text, image, or graphics of this warning label shall be approved by the City Manager.

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 7, 2019