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POR 2024-108

Asked the City Manager to work with the Law Department to provide a legal opinion on whether Cambridge can enact a local ordinance or regulation similar to H.3685, which would prohibit associations from unreasonably restricting the use of a solar energy system, or whether the City should submit a Home Rule Petition to ensure access to solar energy for residents

How it started
Aug 5, 2024 · Proposed by Councillors Nolan and Sobrinho-Wheeler and Mayor Siddiqui: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Aug 5, 2024 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous · one absent)

Voted yes (8), unanimous

  • Burhan Azeem
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Paul F. Toner
  • Ayesha M. Wilson
  • E. Denise Simmons

Absent (1)

  • Joan Pickett
Roll call of Aug 5, 2024 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2024 #226 (Oct 21, 2024).
Order adopted, 8–0Aug 5, 2024
Referred for reportAR 2024-44Sep 9, 2024
Administration answeredCMA 2024-226Oct 21, 2024 · answered in 42 days

The item's path through the council, every recorded step. How the request pipeline works

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Aug 5, 2024

Public Comment (2)

2 written comments received (2024-09-09). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.