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POR 2020-238

Asked the City Manager to direct the Community Development Department and other relevant City personnel to establish a plan that will allow for greater outreach to women-and-minority-owned businesses, technical assistance to these businesses in applying for financial relief, and a clear plan to ensure that those small businesses that have not yet received financial assistance be granted every opportunity to access any future City funding should it be made available, and to report back to the City Council on this matter in a timely manner

How it started
Oct 26, 2020 · Proposed by Councillor E. Denise Simmons: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Oct 26, 2020 · Amendment failed Mover not named in the minutes; failed 2–7.The minutes of Oct 26, 2020 record this vote but not the wording of the amendment.
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Voted yes (2)

  • Patty Nolan
  • Quinton Zondervan

Voted no (7)

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Timothy J. Toomey
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
Oct 26, 2020 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous)
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Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Timothy J. Toomey
  • Quinton Zondervan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
Roll call of Oct 26, 2020 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2021 #19 (Feb 3, 2021).
🏛 This item on the city's site
🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 26, 2020