A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to request for approval to submit a Home Rule Petition that (1) would authorize the City of Cambridge (“City”) to relocate land protected by Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution (“Article 97”) at the Father Callanan Playground and Fields in Cambridge (“Callanan Field”) that are adjacent to the Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools (the “Site”), and (2) would authorize the City to construct subsurface geothermal wells under a portion of the Callanan Field

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO UTILIZE CERTAIN LAND USED FOR PARK, PLAYGROUND OR RECREATION USES FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SCHOOL PURPOSES, AND FOR INSTALLATION OF SUBSURFACE GEOTHERMAL WELLS IN CERTAIN LAND USED FOR PARK, PLAYGROUND OR RECREATION USES. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in the General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, and pursuant to Article 97 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth: SECTION 1. The City of Cambridge is hereby authorized to use for general municipal uses, including but not limited to school purposes, and for all purposes incidental thereto, a portion of an area of land now owned by said City at the Father Callanan Playground and Fields, located at Concord Avenue near Alpine Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, currently used for park, playground or recreational purposes, such portion consisting of an area of 10,640 square feet, more or less, as shown on the grey area denoted on the plan attached hereto as Exhibit “1.”

SECTION 2. The City of Cambridge is hereby authorized to use for the installation and maintenance of subsurface geothermal wells a portion of an area at the same address now owned and held by the City for park, playground or recreational purposes upon the land denoted in the hatched green area, more or less, upon the plan attached hereto as Exhibit “2.” The surface above such wells shall continue to be used for park, playground, or recreational purposes. SECTION 3. This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance by majority vote of the City Council of said City, but not otherwise. In City Council March 29, 2021. Adopted by a yea and nay vote:- Yeas 9; Nays 0; Absent 0. Attest:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk A true copy; ATTEST:- Anthony I. Wilson City Clerk