Asked the City Manager to direct the appropriate City departments to draft language to create an Ordinance to insure that vacant store fronts and commercial properties keep their properties in safe and clean conditions

How it started

Mar 17, 2025 · Proposed by Councillors Toner and McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, and Councillor Wilson: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Mar 17, 2025 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager.

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

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

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2025 #139 (Jun 2, 2025).

Order adopted as amendedMar 17, 2025

Referred for reportAR 2025-18Mar 24, 2025

Administration answeredCMA 2025-139Jun 2, 2025 · answered in 70 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: Mar 17, 2025