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Beal Kendall Square Development Proposal
Oct 16 2008, 11:57 PM EDT
I believe that this proposal is the same as the one that was shot down by the city a few years ago. They will need to get the City Council to amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance. They are going to present their petition to the Council within a few weeks. After that, the Council must hold a public hearing within 90 days and then act on the petition within 45 days of the hearing. Then on to the Planning Board and BZA.This area was rezoned in 2000 as part of the Eastern Cambridge Planning Study (ECAPS). The prior proposal was made before WHNA was formed and folks from the ECAPS committee and East Cambridge Planning Team responded and stopped it that time. Right now we are involved with a similar proposal by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. to upzone their 17 acres along Binney St. on the other side of the tracks, so you folks are going to have to fight this one. Their offer to construct 1200 to 2000 linear feet of the multi-use path along the tracks seems weak. I think the path is a great idea, but is it enough to justify changing the law to increase their profit? Mark Jaquith 213 Hurley St. East Cambridge Planning Team member Do you find this valuable?
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