Asked the City Manager to work with relevant departments to prepare for a Council discussion on best future uses for City-owned properties and the processes for redevelopment

How it started

Jan 12, 2026 · Proposed by Councillor Nolan, Mayor Siddiqui, and Councillors Zusy and Al-Zubi: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Jan 12, 2026 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous · one not recorded)

Voted yes (8), unanimous

Burhan Azeem
Tim Flaherty
Patty Nolan
Marc McGovern
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Cathie Zusy
Sumbul Siddiqui

Not in the portal's roll call (1)

Ayah Al-Zubi

The legacy portal's roll call omits Councillor Al-Zubi is a stale-roster artifact, not an absence. She was seated from the start of the term: sworn in and voting Jan 5, 2026, marked present in this meeting's minutes, and in every roll call recorded after.

Roll call of Jan 12, 2026 · from the city’s record · 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.

🏛 This item on the city's site

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 12, 2026

Public Comment (18)

18 written comments received (2026-05-18 – 2026-08-03). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.