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POR 2026-2

Asked the City Manager to direct the City Solicitor and the Community Development Department to review and report back to the Council on (i) legal parameters related to City funding and Tourism Destination Marketing District restrictions, and (ii) oversight and accountability related to the operation of the visitor information kiosk, and related governance expectations, including alignment with City priorities

How it started
Jan 12, 2026 · Proposed by Councillors Simmons and Flaherty: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Jan 12, 2026 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Ayah Al-Zubi
  • Burhan Azeem
  • Tim Flaherty
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Cathie Zusy
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
Roll call of Jan 12, 2026 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.
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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 12, 2026

Public Comment (25)

25 written comments received (2026-01-12 – 2026-05-18). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.