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CMA 2016 #234 · Agenda item attachment · Aug 1 2016
A communication transmitted from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to the submission of the attached Home Rule Petition that would authorize the City of Cambridge to include in the planned reconstruction (the “Project”) of the King Open / Cambridge Street Upper School and Community Complex (“KOCSUS”) the area that is presently occupied by the public swimming pool known as the Gold Star Pool (the “Gold Star Pool Site”) and to construct subsurface geothermal wells in a portion of Donnelly Field that lies directly along and adjacent to the current southerly boundary of the KOCSUS site (the “School Site”)
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CAMBRIDGE STREET
RESTRICTIONS ON EXISTING SITE:
EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING
THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SITE'S RESTRICTIONS INCLUDE
3 DISTINCT AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFINED BY DIFFERENT
PROTECTED
POOL AREA:
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE:
17,890 SF
SCHOOL AREA
SCHOOL
(1)
AREA:
(2)
PROTECTED POOLAREA
188,624 SF
PROTECTED DONNELLY FIELD SITE
(3)
- 1893 ACT AUTHORIZED CITY TO MAINTAIN THE SITE THAT NOW
(3)
PROTECTED DONNEL Y
FRISOLI YOUTH
CENTER
FIELD SITE:
COMPRISES THE ENTIRE PARCEL FOR PARK, PLAYGROUND OR
298,825 SF
RECREATIONAL USE.
37,910 IN C-1
260.915 IN OS
- 1955 ACT CARVED OUT THE SCHOOL AREA AND IN DOING
SO DEFINED THE "POOL AREA" ALONG BERKSHIRE ST. &
TOTAL
DEVELOPMENT
DONNELLY FIELD AS REMAINING FOR PARK, PLAYGROUND OR
PARCEL
PROPERTY:
RECREATIONAL USE.
527,492 SF
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL
PROPERTY LINE
YORK STREET
SHEET 1
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CAMBRIDGE STREET
DESCRIPTION OF REQUESTS & BENEFITS:
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL
1955 PROTECTED
PROPERTY LINE
MOVED
1. POOL LOCATION
PROPOSED SCHOOL & COMMUNITY CENTER
RELIEF FROM THE POOL FACILITY BOUNDARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AN OPTIMAL
LAYOUT FOR THE NEW SCHOOL WHILE IMPROVING ON THE NATURE AND LOCATION
OF THE POOL FACILITIES.
SCHOOL
-INCREASED OPEN POOL AND DECK SPACE OVER EXISTING
AREA:
VILLOW STREET
-SOUTH-FACING RECREATIONAL SPACE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO DONNELLY FIELD
194,741 SF
NEW POOL
-VISIBILITY FROM BERKSHIRE STREET & DONNELLY FIELD MAKE IT SAFER FOR USERS
AND NEIGHBORS
PROPOSED GEOTHERMAL
WELL FIELD
-FACILITATES A MORE EFFICIENT AND OPTIMIZED FLOOR LAYOUT FOR THE SCHOOL
2.
AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
FRISOLI YOUTH
PROTECTED DONNELLY
LENICK
FIELD SITE:
2. GEOTHERMAL WELLS
98.825 S
7,910 IN C-
PERMISSION TO BUILD GEOTHERMAL WELLS UNDERNEATH WHAT WILL BE AN
ENTIRELY NEW LANDSCAPED PARK/RECREATION AREA IN PURSUIT OF THE
PROJECT'S NET ZERO ENERGY GOALS.
TOTAL
DEVELOPMENT
PARCEL
-GEOTHERMAL WELLS DRASTICALLY IMPROVE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF THE
PROPERTY:
BUILDING
527,492 SF
-THE WELLS LEAVE NO VISUAL IMPACT ON THE LANDSCAPE
-A PARK AND RECREATIONAL SPACE WILL BE BUILT BACK ON TOP OF THE
GEOTHERMAL WELL FIELD AS ANOTHER AMENITY FOR THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL
PROPERTY LINE
YORK STREET
SHEET 2
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PARKING
PARKING
PARKING
CAMBRIDGE STREET
DONNELLY FIELD
PROPOSED
THE PROPOSED PLAN PROVIDES IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE BOTH IN TERMS OF
FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE CONNECTION TO GREEN, LANDSCAPED OUTDOOR SPACE.
EXISTING
EXISTING POOL FACILITIES ARE SURROUNDED BY PAVEMENT AND BUILDINGS, MAKING
THEM ISOLATED FROM THE COMMUNITY, DONNELLY FIELD AND GREENERY IN GENERAL.
EXISTING & PROPOSED
SITE RENDERINGS
POOL BUILDING
POOL
POOL
POOL
POOL
BUILDING
POOL
BUILDING
EXISTING & PROPOSED
POOL CALCULATIONS
PROPOSED
EXISTING
CAMBRIDGE STREET
CAMBRIDGE STREET
BERKSHIRE STREET
MARCELLA
MARCELLA
STREET
STREET
EXISTING
DELTA
PROPOSED
TOTAL POOL SITE:
17,900 SF
- 2 SF
17,898 SF
978 SI
POOL BUILDING:
+1.132 SF
4,110 SF
(23% OF PROPOSED TOTAL)
16% OF TOTAL
POOL DECK:
10,693 SF
+232 SF
10,925 SF
(61% OF PROPOSED TOTAL)
(60% OF TOTAL)
ENTRY/SIDEWALK:
-1.367 SF
2,863 SF
4,230 SF
(16% OF PROPOSED TOTAL
(24% OF TOTAL)
DONNELLY FIELD
DONNELLY FIELD
SHEET 4
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