a report from Councillor Quinton Zondervan, Chair of the Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebration Committee, for a public hearing held on October 16, 2018 to discuss CMA 2018 #196 and any other matter related to Jerry’s Pond

Attachment A City of Cambridge Executive Department LISA C. PETERSON LOUIS A. DePASQUALE Deputy City Manager City Manager July 30, 2018 To the Honorable, the City Council: Please find attached a response to Awaiting Report Item Number 18-14, regarding a report on applying for a Targeted Brownfields Assessment grant for Jerry's Pond, received from Assistant City Manager for Community Development Iram Farooq and City Solicitor Nancy Glowa. Very truly yours, Lavis Debasqual Louis A. DePasquale City Manager LAD/mec Attachments) INSTLTVTIS D City Hall • 795 Massachusetts Avenue • Cambridge • Massachusetts • 02139 [phone removed] • tty: [phone removed] • www.cambridgema.gov СПИСО ПІОНЕ

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Community Development Department To: Iram Farooq Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager Assistant City Manager for Community Development From: Iram Farooq, Assistant City Manager for Community Development Nancy E. Glowa, City Solicitor Sandra Clarke Deputy Director Re: Awaiting Report 18-14 dated 2/05/2018 regarding applying for a Chief of Administration Targeted Brownfields Assessment Grant for Jerry's Pond. Date: July 23, 2018 According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The EPA estimates that there are more than 450,000 brownfields in the U.S. Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) Grant Program The EPA offers the competitive Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) grant program to support assessment activities on brownfield sites. Site assessment can provide a higher degree of predictability toward potential reuse and redevelopment of a site. Funds from TBA grants may be used only for assessment and cannot be applied to any subsequent cleanup activities. Other funding sources exist for cleanup and/or to incentivize brownfield redevelopment. Eligibility and applicability for those funds varies based on site ownership and liability status. The sites for the TBA grant program are selected locally, once a year. The most recent grant proposal deadline was in November 2017. Program Eligibility The EPA's program information regarding the Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) grant program provides the following guidance: • Applicants must be public entities or non-profits who partner with a public entity. • It is important that the applicant currently have redevelopment plans for the contaminated property. • The applicant should apply on behalf of a specific site which it currently owns or can obtain ownership through some other means (e.g. tax foreclosure). If the site is currently not owned by the applicant, the site should be "abandoned". An "abandoned" site for the purposes of this program is a site 344 Broadway where the current owner has shown no interest in the property, has not paid Cambridge, MA 02139 taxes on the property, and does not have the resources to conduct the required Voice: [phone removed] site assessment work. Fax: [phone removed] TTY: [phone removed] www.cambridgema.gov

• Sites where the applicant could be considered a responsible party for the contamination on the site are not eligible for assistance under this program. • The TBA program is not intended to assist private parties to assess and cleanup their sites for redevelopment. Jerry's Pond Jerry's Pond is a part of a larger privately-owned site consisting of several contiguous parcels owned by GCP Applied Technologies (GCP). GCP's predecessor, WR Grace, performed building materials testing on the Cambridge site and it has been referred to as the Grace Site for several decades. Prior to W.R. Grace's ownership, it was owned by the rubber company, Dewey and Almy. The site hosted industrial activity since the 1920s and environmental investigations conducted in the 1980s and 1990s identified contamination on site. The owner has informed us that in 2006, an Activity and Use Limitation (AUL) was issued as part of a Response Action Outcome under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan and Chapter 21(e) regulations. Because the Jerry's Pond site is privately owned, the property owner is not an eligible entity to apply for the TBA Grant Program for that site. The City is also not an eligible entity to apply for the TBA Grant Program for that site, because it does not own the property. The broader area has been studied as a part of the City's Envision Cambridge Alewife District Study process. The long-term vision under discussion for the area contemplates clustering development in the northern section of the site and improving connectivity through the site to better link adjacent housing, open space resources, and transit facilities. Implementation of any long-term vision for the site would require a collaborative effort with the property owner, in the context of any plans they may have for the site as a whole. Conclusion CDD staff have been in contact with members of the Friends of Jerry's Pond group and have met with EPA staff to learn more about the grant program and the specific purposes for which TBA grant funding could be applied. Because Jerry's Pond is a privately-owned parcel, the property owner of Jerry's Pond does not meet the eligibility criteria. We have had conversation with GCP leadership about the prospect of a Targeted Brownfield Assessment grant for the Jerry's Pond area. GCP has informed the City that it sees the AUL as the strategy 'to ensure no significant risk to health, safety, public

welfare or the environment' exists at the Jerry's Pond area, and GCP has expressed its intention to 'continue to maintain the area of Jerry's Pond as [they] do today, with periodic trash pickup and clearing of brush overgrowth'. In recent weeks, a number of residents have reached out to GCP Applied Technologies to express their interest in environmental assessment, remediation, and transformation of Jerry's Pond area to a publicly-accessible open space resource. GCP's response is attached. We will continue the conversation with GCP as they develop their long-term plans for the site. If circumstances change and GCP is interested, the City will evaluate the feasibility and appropriateness of an application in collaboration with GCP during future TBA grant cycles.

From: "Ethier, Karen E." <[email removed]> Date: July 20, 2018 at 1:30:03 PM EDT To: "Ethier, Karen E." <[email removed]> Cc: "Kapples, Jack" <Jack. [email removed]>, "Hanlon, Paul W." <[email removed]> Subject: erry's Pond Dear Neighbor, We received your email regarding GCP's corporate headquarters property in Cambridge. A number of other neighbors also sent emails with suggestions for the Jerry's Pond area, including some who have voiced strong opposition to any development. Our Cambridge headquarters site is a valuable asset to GCP. We remain focused on launching GCP as a new public company and have not developed our long-term plans for the site. However, we will continue to evaluate options to use the property for business purposes, and will make appropriate efforts to communicate significant plans in the future. Our goal is to always perform as a reliable corporate neighbor by demonstrating ongoing commitment and support for the local community. Our corporate initiatives have ranged from sustainability investments at our headquarters facility, community stewardship efforts such as mentoring students and sponsoring sports programs, clearing pathways of snow for T access, and providing parking to neighbors and visitors of Russell Field sporting events. GCP will continue to contribute to the community in this way. Thank you, Karen gip applied technologies A cosstruction products tectsolafirs compiny Karen E. Ethier Vice President Environment, Health, Safety and Quality 62 Whittemore Avenue Cambridge, MA 02140 T [phone removed] M [phone removed] www.qcpat.com fin THIS E-MAIL AND ANY ATTACHED FILES ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY BE LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail.

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Attachment C UPDATE Asswite June, 1996 Study Group Survey Says: Nearly 600 Sign Petition for Independent Traffic & Just over 5% (150 surveys returned out Environmental Studies of 2750 distributed) of North Cambridge res- idents responded to the Alewife Study Presentation of Petition in the Survey distributed Group's at City Hall February/March 1996 North Cambridge 5:30, June 24 News. Nearly two-thirds have never attend- ed a meeting on the proposal. Almost half the Nearly 600 North Cambridge residents respondents have lived in North Cambridge signed a petition requesting the city "provide more than 10 years. for independent soil, ground water, and traffic Overwhelming numbers expressed studies at and surrounding the W.R. Grace concern about traffic and hazardous waste. Site" and a "permit moratorium.until the The vast majority favored development of independent traffic and environmental studies landscaped open space, enhanced athletic have been completed." uses, and continued flood plain storage. In If you would like to speak in favor of similar numbers, they opposed both the this petition (or be a "body" in support of superstore plan and an office park. this petition), come to City Hall (second Neighborhood opinion was evenly divided on floor) at 5:30 PM, Monday, June 24. You the subject of limiting development to a may also call your City Councillor to neighborhood-sized market. express your support for the petition. If you wish to speak, sign up in the Interested in more specific information? Chambers between 5:30 and 6:00 PM that You're invited to the Monday, June 24, City day. For more information, please call Peter Council meeting at City Hall at 5:30, when Cignetti at 491-6314. the Alewife Study Group will officially pre- sent the results to our councilors. (OVER)

Developer Scraps 300,000 sf Superstore- Mall Proposal Reinstates 1 Million sf Office Park Proposal Real estate developer David Vickery requires two public hearings. Or, they scrapped the Alewife superstore proposal in could have declared the permit dead. mid-March, saying in a March 21, Cambridge After hearing the concerns of over two dozen neighbors, the Planning Board Chronicle article, "Obviously we're trying to do something compatible with the neighbor- granted him a MAJOR amendment, giving hood." neighbors two opportunities to raise con- On April 1, the Alewife Study Group cerns about traffic, environment, design and other issues. sent Vickery a letter thanking him for respond- ing to neighbors' concerns. The letter also If you are interested in attending proposed a meeting of W.R. Grace representa- those hearings, read the local newspapers tives, Vickery, and the neighbors "to delin- "Legal Notices" section. The Alewife Study eate...what type of developments) [including Group will inform those people listed on open space] would have acceptable affects" on our phone tree. the adjoining neighborhoods. Maybe our thanks came too soon. If you are not on the phone tree, On April 2, without public notice, and would like meeting notification, Vickery went before the city's Planning Board please call Lisa Birk @ 354-3295. requesting an extension on his construction deadline for the 1 million sq. ft. office park he first proposed nearly a decade ago. The Planning Board had three choices: it could have granted him a minor amendment, Prepared & Distributed by which requires no public hearings. Or, it could The Alewife Study Group have granted him a major amendment, which Co-chair Lisa Birk, 354-3295 (OVER)

STUDY GROUP ALERT Alewife October 1999 www.alewife.org * 500,000 - 1.2 million pounds R11610/000 of asbestos* sit in the soil on the WR Grace site. * Asbestos causes cancer and "GRACE can stay in the lungs for life if SITE" breathed, especially dangerous for children. PLANNED NEW 'RUSSELL CONSTRUCTION FIELD * Grace wants to start ALEWIFE STATIONI construction (see map) next RTS 2/3/16 Spring. Once they start, wind will carry airborne asbestos to Russell Field and the CLIFTON STREET surrounding neighborhood. * industry-standard calculation based on WR Grace and *RINDGE AT Alewife Neighbors Inc. test results. The state Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) says that even though our "concerns are justified," they don't have the resources to insure that procedures to contain asbestos will be followed So what can we do to protect our children and families? On Monday, Nov. 1, the Cambridge City Council will vote on an asbestos protection ordinance that gives the City the power to stop construction if asbestos fibers are released into the neighborhood. Come to City Hall Nov. 1 at 5:30 pm. Tell the councilors to vote "Yes" on the ordinance. Tell them to mandate tents to cover asbestos-contaminated construction sites to protect us from airborne asbestos. If you can't be there, then call or send them an e-mail message to vote "Yes" (see other side).

Cambridge City Councilors Kathy Born 491-2676 [email removed] Henrietta Davis 547-0877 [email removed] Frank Duehay 547-0271 [email removed] Anthony Galluccio 349-4323 [email removed] Ken Reeves 661-1635 [email removed] Sheila Russell 354-1900 [email removed] Michael Sullivan 547-0777 [email removed] Tim Toomey 576-6483 [email removed] Katherine Triantafillou 349-4280 [email removed] To speak in favor of the Asbestos Ordinance, sign up at City Hall between 5:00 - 6:00 pm on Monday, November 1 or call the City Council office (349-4280) before 3:00 pm on Monday. For more information about the Asbestos Ordinance, call your neighbor Lisa Birk at 354-3295.

STUDY GROU Alewite UPDATE July 2018 Dear Neighbors, On April 11-12, 2018 you may have seen this activity on Russell Field Who are they? And what are they doing? They are CDM Smith Inc, hired by the City to test Russell Field soils for asbestos and other toxins The City is now replacing Russell's turf. HI n Why test for asbestos and other toxins on Russell Field? Since 1919, 20+ acres next to Russell Field have housed a chemical plant, first called Dewey & Almy, then W. R. Grace (now GCP). Dewey and Grace manufactured products with asbestos, possibly into the 1970s. In 1997-98 neighbors (led by Alewife and Study Group sister group, Alewife Neighbors, Inc.,) teamed up with the City and Grace. Together we took and tested 356 soil samples from Grace's 20+ acres. One in 5.7 samples had asbestos. According to an industry standard calculation, an estimated 600,000 - 1.2M Ibs of loose fiber asbestos resides in Grace soil. (See map, other side.) Asbestos, a microscopic fiber, easily becomes airborne and once airborne, can be inhaled. What is Asbestos? Asbestos is a microscopic fiber that can cause deadly cancers of the lungs. What are "safe" limits for asbestos? An evaluation by NIOSH*, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, concluded that there is "no evidence" for "a 'safe' level of asbestos exposure." Fortunately, Grace/GCP's asbestos is trapped below 6" of soil: Fibers can't become airborne. Currently, therefore, there is no health risk. *National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Publication # 77-169, Revised Recommended Asbestos Standard, p. 92 The news on Russell Field is Good. CDM took 45 samples. Neighbor group Alewife Study Group (ASG) took "splits" from each of those samples. CDM tested all 45. We had 13/45 samples tested by GeoInsight. ASG has worked with GeoInsight for 20+ years. The final reports issued in May and June of 2018 found: Asbestos was NOT detected in any samples. Thank You, Cambridge DPW for working with ASG to ensure Russell Field is safe. Want more info? Visit www.alewife.org or email neighbor Lisa Birk at [email removed]

History of Alewife Study Group Neighbors founded Alewife Study Group (ASG) in 1995 to enhance the quality of life in the Alewife area of North Cambridge especially on and near the Grace site. We work to ensure an inclusive, participatory process on quality of life issues including (but not limited to) hazardous waste (such as asbestos), excessive traffic, flooding, and protection of habitats and natural resources. We research and communicate findings. Alewife Study Group (ASG) Accomplishments • 1997-98 - ASG, Grace & Cambridge test Grace soil. Of 365 soil samples taken, 64 had visible asbestos--1 of every 5.7 samples. • 1999 - ASG proposed & got passed the first-in-the-nation Asbestos Protection Ordinance. 2004 - 06 Grace invites ASG to negotiate terms of an Activity and Use Limitation (AUL) on Grace deed. Final AUL deed restriction filed March 2006. • 2005 - 06 and again in 2018, ASG worked with the city to test Russell Field soil for asbestos and other toxins. In 2006, the city covered Russell Field with a foot of clean soil. 2016 - W.R. Grace carves out its Whittemore Avenue plant. Now called GCP. • 1995 - Present - ASG is liaison with GCP and neighbors and monitors the Grace/GCP site to protect people, ensuring no soil below 6 inches is disturbed. If excavation below 6" is necessary, Grace must "tent and vent" as per the Asbestos Protection Ordinance, just as homeowners must "tent and vent" when removing asbestos from their homes. Trapped asbestos fibers (buried in soil or trapped in shingles, for example) do no harm, it is only when fibers become airborne that serious public health risks are triggered. Russell Field • = Asbestos found here • = Other Alewife T Station sampling locations = "Targeted" area, more likely to contain Routes asbestos 2/3/16 ...5 = zones Jerry's Pond Asbestos in Grace/GCP soil. Samples Taken by ASG, Grace & Cambridge, NOTE: Based on site history, highlighted areas are more likely to contain asbestos. Some highlighted areas remain to be tested Want more info? Visit www.alewife.org or contact neighbor Lisa Birk at [email removed].

Routes 2/3/16 Alewife T Station Jerry's Pond 2. Russell Field area, • = Other asbestos • = Asbestos .5 = zones locations sampling to contain = "Targeted" found here more likely Heavily contaminated Route 2/3/1, Routes statios Alewife. WR Grace: Kids' Playing Fields Rindge A Pond construction Planned new Jerry's Where do those herons live? Field Russell 600,000 to 1.2m pounds asbestos in soil Private property

What do we know about Jerry's Pit? "Settling Ponds" | "Waste Lagoons" | "Process Waste Areas" Tunnel Photos from Alewife

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Action! Your furnace has asbestos? We have state & federal laws. Cambridge City Council, Passed 9 - 0 Your soil has asbestos? We don't have protective laws. Activity and Use Limitation (2006) WR Grace asks Alewife Study Group to liaison The Asbestos Protection Ordinance (1999) WR Grace asks, works with Alewife Study Group Research + Communicate + Collaborate + Advocate

Remove asbestos Asbestos Two Ways to Treat Asbestos • Risk to all who live, work & play • Risk to all who live, work & play here Not your average Toxin • Mature trees removed. 20 years before canopy restored. Encapsulate-Current situation. Dirt PROTECTS us from asbestos. • at the new dump site, almost always located in a poor neighborhood

* ОДОБР URI NOW TRAMMON Russian asbestos for sale. Trump on packaging. Local Impact: Trump's EPA: Region 1 Superfund Site." "BREAKING NEW GROUND: Business Wire. Sept. 18, 2018 • Exploring new uses of asbestos. for a Residential Redevelopment on a Developer Wins First Ever EPA Approval • EPA Head: Andrew Wheeler, Coal lobbyist The National Context: Local Implications

We can do better! Still, Jerry's is an Opportunity Photos Ronnie Millar. 2018 Comeau Field & Jerry's Pit.

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BEFORE Jerry's parking lot, photo Ronnie Millar PROPOSAL AFTER?? FOCUS Outside the fence, Above contaminated soil for Environmental Justice, Public Health & Beauty Fresh Pond, photo Lisa Birk 15

Photos from Fresh Pond Environmental Justice For ALL: Kids, Neighbors, Workers, T-riders....

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Environmental Justice Scorecard Center for Effective Gov't: Living in the Shadow of Danger • . . • Over Half of U.S. States Received a Below-average or Failing Grade Grade Grades based on metrics measuring overall % of people who live in fenceline zones and disparities among the groups of people who live in those zones. 28 states rec'd D or an F in EJ scorecard. These states have a large % pop. living in fenceline zones and/or are places where people of color and those in poverty are much more likely to live in danger. States receiving F's (in red): Massachusetts, Wisconsin

Petition to Restore & Revitalize Jerry's Pond in North Cambridge September, 2015 Jerry's Pond is a magnificent community resource right in the heart of Alewife's gateway from the West and one of the last green open spaces in the City of Cambridge. It was once a vital and thriving community amenity operated by the City and attracting hundreds of daily visitors to swim and enjoy the natural habitat. Now it is fenced off from public access and an eyesore to look at especially along Rindge Avenue a major public thoroughfare with substantial housing nearby. We believe that Jerry's Pond has the potential to once again be a beautiful natural landscape and community asset for the thousands of Cambridge residents who live nearby as well as the many people who commute through the area each day. We ask that all stakeholders, both public and private, work with the community to restore Jerry's Pond for the benefit of all of the citizens of Cambridge. Join North Cambridge Together, Friends of Jerry's Pond, and Green Cambridge 2nd Annual Earth Day Jerry's Pond Clean-Up Sunday, April 22 2:30-5 pm Russell Field Parking Lot Help beautify our community and come meet your neighbors at a day of service and environmental justice as we clean up around the perimeter of Jerry's Pond. 2:30-3 pm: Gathering & Introductions 3-4:30 pm: Clean-up 4:30-5 pm: Snacks & Socializing Gloves, trash bags, and tools will be provided Light refreshments will be available www.northcambridgetogether.org www.facebook.com/jerryspond www.greencambridge.org

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE PB HOME GUIDELINES FILTER IDEAS SHOW IDEAS AS A LIST PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING _ Enter an address... What is the title of your idea? 30 Support This! Alewife More Love for Jerry's Pond Alewife Linear Pk Suzanna Schell suggested this Environment idea near Rindge Ave CLIFTON ST. @ Russell Field. Alewife JACKSON ST. How does your idea help improve life in Cambridge? Jennys Friends of Jerry's Pond, proposes improvements and better Cond maintenance to the city-owned edge of Jerry's Pond between the fence and the Comeau Field parking area. Jerry's Pond is a ABRIDGEPARK DR CLIFTON ST neglected urban wild adjacent to 2 major housing projects and Mccrehan Pool JACKSON ST- Alewife Brook right next to an important North Cambridge recreation area. The Parkway pond is home to a variety of wildlife and birds including nesting great blue herons. Improving this side of Jerry's Pond is one small RINDGE AVE step in addressing an important environmental justice issue that has existed for almost 60 years. We propose signage identifying Jerry's Pond (behind bus stop and on Rindge Ave); 2 or 3 benches for enjoying the view; landscaping with native plants and better tree care along the grassy edge up to and around the detention Alewife Brook pond; and a Kiosk about the history and ecology of Jerry's Pond -- Parkway from clay pit to swimming pond to urban wild -- to increase awareness and appreciation of this little gem that has been hidden behind a chain link fence for years. JACKS

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Envision Cambridge I Alewife Working Group September 15, 2016 Community Health and Well-being • Foster a sense of community • Provide community spaces for informal interaction Move away from auto-oriented design. Learning • Emphasis on non-school forms of learning • Alewife could leverage important ecological spaces for learning Gross GFA at Alewife Subdistricts ~803,750 SF 100% buildout Jerry's Pond: Proposed Land Use 0.60 District FAR Gross GFA at 60% ~524,050 SF buildout (2030) - Housing Units ~310 units Commercial ~202,350 SF Office - MBTA 7,484 SF ~16.8 acres New Open Space T Proposed Land Use Jerry's Pond TOGE PARK DRS Long Term Vision Commercial Residential Environmental remediation of the former WR Grace site Parking Garage will require future non-City of Cambridge funding. Sources for this funding do not currently exist. Emergency Access Only utile 32 envison.cambridgema.gov Alewife Public Meeting May 16, 2018 Envision Cambridge • City of Cambridge

Russell Field Francis J. McCrehan Memorial Sivimming and Wading Pool Jerrys Pond Cambridge Park Drive Alewife Brook Pkwy Comeau Field Rindge Avenue New Parking Lot Layout Pedestrain Promenade Embankment / Area Fill Pedestrian Bridge/Walkway Sidewalk Landscape Buffer Separated Bike Lane Raised Pedestrian Crosswalk / Park Entry New MBTA Bus Turnaround

Pond / Water Storage Deck / Platform Separated Bike Lane Pedestrian Walkway / Boardwalk Sidewalk Landscape Buffer Existing Vegetation Existing Crosswalk / Additional Park Entry Organic Community Farm Open Lawn Space for Events Wetlands Planting at Edge - Pedestrian Promenade Lawn or Garden Spaces Existing Vegetation Extention of Playground Pedestrain Promendade / Plaza

Slide courtesy Groundwork USA "The Brook Street Site" in Lawrence circa 2001 • 2.7 acre former commercial laundry • Residential neighborhood • Spicket River Slide courtesy Groundwork USA After two-dozen meetings with residents: Brownfields to Green Space Visioning - 2002

Slide courtesy Groundwork USA After two YEARS of meetings with residents: Refinement of Community's Vision for a High Quality Riverfront Park - 2004 Slide courtesy Groundwork USA DR. NINA SCARITO PARK Project Partners and Funders: City of Lawrence The Office of MA Attorney General Tom Reilly State of MA Division of Conservation Services MA Department of Environmental Protection U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Bank of America Charitable Foundation Groundwork Lawrence Lawrence CommunityWorks

Asbestos Protection Ordinance [note: * = apparent typographical errors appearing in the original] City of Cambridge In the Year One Thousand, Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine AN ORDINANCE In City Council November 1, 1999. Passed to be Ordained as Amended by a ATTEST:- D. Margare Clerk [Note: The original has a note regarding permission for summarization of the ordinance for publication in newspapers.] chapter 8.6 ASBESTOS PROTECTION Sections: 8.61.010 Definitions. 8.61.020 Jurisdiction. 8.61.030 Asbestos Soil Sampling Plan. 8.61.040 Asbestos Soil Management Plan. 8.61.050 Access to Property. Form 1075 NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATION M.G.L. c. 21E, § 6 and 310 CMR 40.0000 Disposal Site Name: W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. DEP Release Tracking No.(s): 3-0277 This Notice of Activity and Use Limitation ("Notice") is made as of this 16 day of February, 2006, by Alewife Land Corporation, with an address of c/o W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., 62 Whittemore Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02140 (together with its successors and assigns, collectively "Owner"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Alewife Land Corporation is the owner in fee simple of certain parcel(s) of land located in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts with the buildings and improvements thereon ("Property");

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#7933 From: Ethier, Karen E. [mailto:[email removed]] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:48 AM To: Peterson, Lisa <lisap@cambridgema.gov>; DePasquale, Louie <Idepasquale@cambridgema.gov> Cc: Mora, Elizabeth <[email removed]>; Kapples, Jack <[email removed]>; Hanlon, Paul W. <[email removed]> Subject: RE: GCP Applied Technologies - Jerry's Pond Lisa and Louie, Thanks to you and your team for taking the time to meet with us. We are committed to continuing to improve our global corporate headquarters through investment and giving back to the community. We appreciate the opportunity to share what we have been working on with you all. You asked if we would be interested in exploring the potential to redevelop the Jerry's Pond area of GCP's property as part of the City's efforts to establish more green space. Our Cambridge headquarters site is a valuable asset to GCP. As we mentioned in the meeting, we have been focused on standing up GCP as a new public company and have not yet developed our long-term plans for the site. Further, the GCP property has been used for industrial purposes since the 1920s. Environmental investigations conducted in the 1980s and 1990s identified contamination on site. In 2006, an Activity and Use Limitation (AUL) was issued as part of the Response Action Outcome under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan and Chapter 21(e) regulations. The AUL is in place to ensure no significant risk to health, safety, public welfare or the environment. We will continue to maintain the area of Jerry's Pond as we do today, with periodic trash pickup and clearing of brush overgrowth. Another topic that was raised was the removal of 5 trees at the back of One Alewife. We confirmed that some trees were removed from a traffic island in an area of the parking lot controlled by the owners of One Alewife. GCP was not involved in the decision or work to remove these trees. Thanks again for your time. We look forward to continuing our relationship with your office. Sincerely, Karen Karen E. Ethier Vice President, Environment, Health, Safety and Quality 62 Whittemore Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 T [phone removed] M [phone removed]