Neighbors, I hope to see you there! Ruth City Council Candidates' Forum QUICK LINKS Whistler Newsletter About Agassiz Neighborhood Council Contact Us UPCOMING SAT OCT 21 11:00-3:00 PM LWN Adult Clothing Swap WED OCT 18 6:30-9:00 PM City Council Candidates' Forum OCT 2-NOV 3 Hidden Order: Adirondack Paintings by Susan Sherman CONNECT Dear Ruth, Come to a forum featuring candidates for the Cambridge City Council. Date:Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Time:6:30-9:00 PM Location:Lesley Amphitheater, University Hall, Floor 2, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue The doors will open at 6:15. Formal introductions start at 6:45. The three panels will begin at 7:00, 7:45, and 8:25. The auditorium is on the second floor of University Hall. You get to it by way of the staircase in the south lobby. Lesley University has asked that there not be any extraneous "campaigning", such as carrying signs, inside of University Hall. Panels Panel 1 - 7:00 PM: Devereux, Musgrave, Sutton, Siddiqui, Levy, Zondervan, Santos Panel 2 - 7:45 PM:Carlone, Moree, Gebru, Tierney, Volmar, Simmons Panel 3 - 8:25 PM McGovern, Okamoto, Toomey, Sivongxay, Mallon Format Alice Wolf will moderate and Susana Segat will keep time. CCTV will record and rebrodcast the proceedings. Each panel will have two rounds. In the first round each candidate will be asked to present and justify (in three minutes) a specific proposal he or she expects to bring to the City Council, addressing an issue in one of the topic areas listed below. We seek to learn both what the candidates' top priorities are, and whether they have a practical, actionable program for addressing them. If time permits we may ask a follow-up question. In the second round each candidate will have two minutes to tell the audience what he or she brings to the City Council in terms of abilities, knowledge, priorities, and experience with consensus-building. Topic Areas Accountability: What mechanisms would you propose to hold city officials and developers accountable for their promises around development projects in the city? How should the City Council insure that developers deliver what they promise, and that city ordinances are enforced? Housing: What are the key issues with housing in Cambridge and how do you propose to address them? Climate change: What specific actions would you take to ensure that the City has resilience in light of environmental changes and/or catastrophic weather? Social safety net: What are the holes in our safety net and what would you propose to mend them? Congestion: Specifically what would you do to improve the balance between the competing needs of drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians, and public transit users? Steering Committee (Sponsors) John Howard (PSNA) Phoebe Sinclair (ANC) Ruth Ryals (Ward 10) Gary Dmytryk (ACN) Richard Clarey (NCSC) Susana Segat, time keeper Alice Wolf, moderator --- Best regards, Phoebe Sinclair Community Liaison Agassiz Neighborhood Council Agassiz Baldwin Community (617) 349-6287 x10 psinclair@agassiz.org --- Agassiz Baldwin Community, 20 Sacramento Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 SafeUnsubscribe™ rryals@comcast.net Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by psinclair@agassiz.org in collaboration with Try it free today