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POR 2020-170
The City Manager be and hereby is requested to consult with the Director of the Cambridge Public Library, the Library Board of Trustees, and any other appropriate City personnel to consider formally renaming the Central Square Library in honor of Maria Baldwin and Rep. John Lewis, with the building being known as “The Maria Baldwin and Rep. John Lewis Library and Center for African American/Black History and Culture” going forward, or to otherwise find another suitable location for this dedication
How it started
Jul 27, 2020 · Proposed by Councillors Simmons, Toomey, McGovern, and Sobrinho-Wheeler: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Jul 27, 2020 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous)
Voted yes (9), unanimous
Dennis Carlone
Patty Nolan
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2021 #170 (Jun 21, 2021).
Order adopted, unanimousJul 27, 2020
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