A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to renewal of the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR AZEEM IN COUNCIL MARCH 24, 2025

CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL COMMISSION 831 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Fl., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Telephone: [phone removed] TTY: [phone removed] Fax: [phone removed] E-mail: histcomm@cambridgema.gov URL: http://www.cambridgema.gov/Historic SOLDGE HISTOR Chandra Harrington, Chair; Susannah Barton Tobin, Vice Chair; Charles Sullivan, Executive Director Joseph V. Ferrara, Chandra Harrington, Elizabeth Lyster, Jo M. Solet, Yuting Zhang, Members Gavin W. Kleespies, Paula A. Paris, Kyle Sheffield, Alternates CommIssio March 20, 2025 To: Yi-An Huang, City Manager From: Charles Sullivan, Cambridge Historical Commissiok S Re: Renewal of the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District Pursuant to Article III of Chapter 2.78 of the Municipal Code, as amended in 2023, I am forwarding to you for transmission to the Council the results of the Historical Commission's decennial review of the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District. Both the Half Crown-Marsh NCD Commission and the Cambridge Historical Commission unanimously recommend the renewal of the district. The attachments include the Decennial Review Report, an Order proposed for the Council's considera- tion, and a PowerPoint presentation describing the interaction of the recently adopted multifamily zoning amendments with historic preservation initiatives in Cambridge, including neighborhood conservation districts and the demolition delay ordinance. The proposed Order incorporates the objectives and principles of the 2007 Order that established the dis- trict and reflects the 2023 amendments to Chapter 2.78. The only other major modification is a recom- mended boundary change that removes a vacant parcel that projects into the Riverview condominium property. The Riverview itself was excluded from the Marsh district when it was established in 2000, and the boundary adjustment is intended to facilitate the possible redevelopment of that property while main- taining a buffer for the adjacent residences. cc: Marie-Pierre Dillenseger, Chair Half Crown-Marsh NCD Commission