a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on May 22, 2019 to discuss with Eversource any plans it has for meeting the anticipated electricity needs of Cambridge businesses and residents by expanding capacity on land it owns throughout the City, with a focus on sites in East Cambridge (Kendall Square and Fulkerson Street)

ATTACWMENT A TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING ~ AGENDA ~ Sullivan Chamber 2:00 PM Wednesday, May 22, 2019 CALL OF THE MEETING The Transportation and Public Utilities Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss with Eversource any plans it has for meeting the anticipated electricity needs of Cambridge businesses and residents by expanding capacity on land it owns throughout the City, with a focus on sites in East Cambridge (Kendall Square and Fulkerson St). OPENING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS Vice Mayor Devereux, Chair of the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee PRESENTATION Bill Zamparelli, Community Relations & Economic Development Representative, Eversource Todd Lanham, Siting and Construction Services, Eversource Joe Mayall, Engineer, Fulkerson St Project Manager, Eversource Chris Detwiller, Senior Real Estate Specialist, Eversource DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCILLORS PUBLIC COMMENT DISCUSSION ADJOURNMENT Page 1 City of Cambridge

ENERGY EVERS-URCE presented to May 22, 2019 City of Cambridge Eversource Update Transportation and Public Utility Committee ATTACHMENTB

ENERGY SUBSTATION EVERS-URCE TRANSMISSION LINES DISTRIBUTION LINES SUBSTATION generated to where power is needed. CUSTOMER a high degree of reliability from wherever the power is safety, security and economic prosperity of the region. This A strong electrical transmission & distribution grid is vital to the system serves a critical role to ensure that electricity flows with Providing power where it is needed The Electric System GENERATING STATIONS

ENERGY EVERSSURCE Projects Future Planned 2018 - 2019 into Service Projects Placed • 49 MW • 21 MW •100 MW Cambridge Load Additions 2014 - 2017 into Service Projects Placed 60 80 20 40 180 120 140 100 160 will increase electric load construction in East mix of office, residential, Cambridge / MIT area. and retail development. over the next decade. electricity is driven by a permitted or under in East Cambridge. • Demand for additional • Future planned projects • 34 building projects Driving the need for electric system infrastructure Growth in Cambridge Cambridge is growing, notably

ENERGY EVERSURCE Technology Square areas. East Cambridge, Kendall Square and electric distribution system in Cambridge. For 2020 heavy summer loads, an outage of disconnection of customers. would overload the two remaining • enhance the reliability of the entire an East Cambridge substation transformer transformers, necessitating the • accommodate future load needs in the • avoid burdens on system equipment. (over 360 MW) In August 2018, peak electric load reached 98% of all time load system and developing plans to meet growing demand. So that we may Eversource system planners have been regularly assessing the electric continue to provide safe, reliable power via the distribution supply system. in the City of Cambridge, we need to provide load relief to: Growth in Cambridge System load

ENERGY Proposed Fulkerson Substation EVERS-URCE Existing East Cambridge Substation Putnam - existing plans to add energy growth in Cambridge. another transformer at this site. Will not be able to accommodate Prospect Street - very limited space. North Cambridge - Limited capacity, East Cambridge - no space available for additional equipment. furthest from load pocket. Review of expansion capacity at existing locations: Somerv Street Substation Existing Prospect Existing Putnam Substation Cambridge 9909 Existing North Cambridge Substation New infrastructure needed to serve the community's energy needs Meeting Load Growth - Existing Substations

ENERGY EVERSSURCE Jackstone Street Putnam Substation Existing Eversource Substation Yard Area of Substation Enhancement (All parcels outlined in blue currentiy owned by Eversource) BZA hearing held on May 16 was continued until September 12, transformer and associated equipment, including distribution 2019. With the additional four months added to the BZA process, project Enhance the existing Putnam Avenue Substation with a fourth enhanced sound attenuation, upgraded landscape plantings and schedule runs the risk of not completing in time to meet summer Project was modified based on community feedback including shifting transformer 44' from the property line into the parcel, 2020 energy needs in Cambridge. new fence and gate. system upgrades. LEGEND 4,92 15,000 sq. f1. ONIOTINE STOLS T00 x A 9Z 5B KV BUILDING DAR-E- New infrastructure needed to serve the community's energy needs Meeting Load Growth - Putnam Avenue

ENERGY Proposed EVERS-URCE East Cumbriage Fulkerson Substation Existing East Cambridge Substation Existing Substation Proposed Substation Legend Somerville Existing Prospect Street Substation Existing Putnam Substation Cambridge University Existing North Cambridge Substation Property must have a willing seller. Parcel of at least 40,000 sq. ft. pocket (Technology Square, East Must be in East Cambridge load Cambridge area. (roughly an acre in size). Site search criteria: Meeting Load Growth - Proposed Substation Site New infrastructure needed to serve the community's energy needs

ENERGY EVERSEURCE parcel 40,000 square foot or larger for a future substation in East Cambridge / parcel size, proximity to load and availability. Cambridge LLC. Technology Square area. Real Estate conducted search of potential properties on the potential properties not actively on the market, but where owners may be open to a eventually determining 135 Fulkerson St. to be the only viable option, considering but not all, of Eversource's criteria. Planning/Engineering evaluated these eight, market. Initial efforts found no available properties. requirements. parcel search of potential off-market properties. Despite significant effort, Colliers was unable to identify any other potential alternatives that met the criteria. as a potential alternative to 135 Fulkerson and found no parcels that met our potential sale. Fifteen (15) potential locations identified, eight (8) of which met some, March 2015 - Real Estate engaged broker Colliers International to conduct search of • April-May, 2019 - Eversource reengaged Colliers International to perform another • June 2016 - Purchase and sale agreement for 135 Fulkerson St. signed with 135 • November 2014 - System Planning engaged Eversource Real Estate to identify a • April, 2019 - Eversource conducted a refreshed search of properties on the market • January 17, 2017 - Property purchase closed. Proposed Substation Site - Real Estate Search Historical Timeline and Consideration Criteria

ENERGY EVERSSURCE Distribution line connections IN SQUARE Proposed Fulkerson Substation Existing East Cambridge Substation Transmission line connections Substatio Existing Somerville_.- Somerville Existing Prospect Street Substation Existing Putnam Substation Cambridge Substation Existing North Existing Brighton Cambridge Substation Will include transmission and capability. connection points near existing East Cambridge, Putnam and Brighton electric substations. distribution circuits. Connecting to the Electric System Proposed Substation Requires Circuit Routes Interconnected system requires Proposed substation must connect to • • Enhances system reliability and • Meets forecasted need. the electric system:

ENERGY EVERSSURCE TIME TASK 2 TASK 1 TASK 3 TASK 4 summer 2020 energy demands. Engage community and City for feedback on site layout and transmission and distribution line routes. distribution routes. immediate energy needs in Cambridge. for the future. Investigate viable options for a Fulkerson substation. • Review anticipated load growth to prepare • Plan for the installation of a 4th transformer at Putnam Avenue substation to meet the • Respond to BZA requests for information prior to the September 12, 2019 hearing. • Work towards solutions that meet the • Perform engineering analysis on potential Fulkerson building layout, transmission and Putnam • Fulkerson • Cambridge Continued Analysis, Community Engagement Continue to: Meeting Load Growth - Next Steps

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11 ENERGY EVERSSURCE Questions? Contact Eversource www.eversource.com [phone removed] [email removed] For more information about Transmission Projects ENERGY EVERS-URCE Email: [email removed] Bill Zamparelli Community Relations [phone removed] Email: [email removed] Email: [email removed] Project Manager Siting & Construction Services [phone removed] Project Hotline Todd Lanham [email removed] [phone removed] [phone removed] Joe Mayall Contact Information

ATTACHMENTC City of Cambridge 0-3 Amended Order IN CITY COUNCIL February 4, 2019 COUNCILLOR MALLON MAYOR MCGOVERN COUNCILLOR TOOMEY COUNCILLOR SIDDIQUI WHEREAS: In 2018, Eversource purchased a plot of land in East Cambridge adjacent to Alexandria Real Estate's proposed Metropolitan Pipe site, as well as the Linden Park neighborhood, and the Kennedy Longfellow Elementary School; and The City of Cambridge has a goal to encourage distributed district energy generation WHEREAS: and transition away from fossil fuel-based energy to renewable energy sources; and WHEREAS: Public utility companies may not be subject to municipal zoning regulations; however, it is still vital to ensure that the proper health and environmental impact studies have been conducted by the public utility company; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with Eversource and the appropriate City departments to ensure that Eversource has undertaken the tollowing analyses and impact reports before moving forward with the construction of their substation: A financial disclosure and analysis of how the cost of the site in East Cambridge and construction of the substation will potentially impact costs for atepayers, who have already faced increases this winter, particularly since th ite alone, without construction factored in, cost Eversource $13 millio • A study demonstrating why this substation is required and how it affects the City's goals of moving towards alternative energy sources, such as renewables • An environmental impact study of the health and safety impacts of locating a large substation adjacent to a residential neighborhood and elementary school, via independent outside study • Renderings that show building and site design, and indicate the substation's footprint, height, and other critical design features • Long term electricity demand projections for the City of Cambridge including, if available, the predicted need to expand or add other substations in Cambridge in addition to the planned substation at Fulkerson Street to satisfy anticipated future need for electricity • Renderings that show the planned distribution plan and streets that will be impacted to lay conduits; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to make the results of these analyses and impact reports widely available to the public with an emphasis on the direct abutters of the site; and be it further

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Community Development Department and the Department of Public Works to report on how the construction of this substation will impact the City's move towards renewable energy; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council on this matter as soon as possible. In City Council February 4, 2019. Adopted as amended by the affirmative vote of eight members. Attest:- Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk A true copy; Danna P. Lape ATTEST:- Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk

ATTACHMENT D KENDALL SQUARE ENERGY PLAN Submitted by Stephen Kaiser May 22, 2019 The Kendall Square energy planning task should be undertaken by Eversource. The product should be an energy plan for both Kendall Square and Cambridgeport. Energy and growth information from all sources, including the City, MIT and consultant ARUP should be reviewed. The study could take four months and the scope could be composed of three parts: PLAN A ... Continue with the current Eversource plan for two new transformer installations seeking to handle all expected growth for Eastern Cambridge but also including a plan for Alewife with the expected growth in the Alewife Triangle and Quadrangle. PLAN B ... Evaluate the Worst Case Scenario, namely a failure to build a new transformer site at Kendall. Putnam Avenue would become the only site to handle added energy loads in the future. How much of an energy conservation program would be needed across Eastern Cambridge so that the Putnam Avenue site would not be overloaded? PLAN C ... Seek donated sites at Kendall by large developers and landowners at Kendall to donate the space for new transformers within the Kendall Square. Shut down the Putnam Avenue site and build affordable housing on the site (currently zoned residential). Relocate the transformer capacity to the Kendall Site. Priority contributors of Kendall Land should be MIT and the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority. Develop a 25-year growth plan for the City and resulting projected energy demand and create two options for energy conservation: (a) reduce total energy growth by 50% through a comprehensive energy conservation program, and (b) reduce total energy growth to zero by an energy conservation program covering all of Eastern Cambridge. The coming month will be critical in utilizing technical capabilities from Eversource, due to an impending retirement of their chief planner. Key priorities in the short run would be completion of an Alewife growth plan (Plan A) .... completion of Plan B .... and identification of location and size of transformer parcels at Kendall, with an energy plan to match. PAYMENT FOR PLANNING Eversource should keep good records and, at the end of four months, should send a bill for their planning services to the City. The City would then split the bill in two, paying for half of the planning with municipal funds. The other half would be assessed to all the businesses at Kendall Square who have added buildings in the past 20 years. Every business would be billed proportional to the size of the building in square feet of building space.

ATTACHMENT E A Better Location for a Neversource Substation to Serve Volpe Development Killian Court on the MIT campus. Plenty of room for a two-acre substation to serve the needs of MITIMCO there! No to locating a Neversource substation opposite an elementary school in East Cambridge! Submitted by Alan Greene, 82 Fifth Street, at the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee meeting on May 22, 2019.

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ATACHMENT F Petition change.org Recipient: Ilan Levy, Abra Berkowitz Letter: Greetings, Say NO to an Eversource Substation by the Kennedy-Longfellow School

Signatures Location Date Name 2019-01-12 Abra Berkowitz Cambridge, MA 2019-01-12 Cambridge, MA ilan levy Isabel Caceres 2019-01-13 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-13 Charles Hinds Cambridge, MA 2019-01-13 Patricia Hurley Cambridge, MA 2019-01-13 Cambridge, MA joe avin US 2019-01-13 Joseph Larkin-avin 2019-01-13 RoseAnn Poirier Cambridge, MA 2019-01-13 Cambridge, MA Allen Pacheco Yvonne Heenan 2019-01-13 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-13 Alan Greene Revere, MA 2019-01-14 Cambridge, MA Irene Kang 2019-01-14 Laura Holsen Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 218 Thorndike St., MA Sunny Gupta 2019-01-14 Abby Fechtman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Sandra Santos Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Alice Trifone Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Sara DeSimone Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Grace Lee Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Boston, MA Theo Guilfoy

Date Location Name 2019-01-14 Margaret Ronna Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Lillian Rodriguez Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Lauren Schiffer Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Ava Truant Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Kathleen Vivirito Chicago, IL 2019-01-14 John Paul CAMBRIDGE, MA 2019-01-14 Cambridge, MA Rebecca Zubajlo 2019-01-14 Cambridge, MA Xiang Zhang 2019-01-14 Joseph Rose Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Ken Pierce Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 Cambridge, MA Emily Schebesta 2019-01-14 Melvyn Buckpitt Cambridge, MA 2019-01-14 5 Michael Way, Cambridge, MA Katy Liang 2019-01-15 Neal Leavitt Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA Jesse Nahan 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA Nancy Ryan 2019-01-15 Jose Luis Rojas Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 adel daghmouri cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Matthew Nehs Boston, MA 2019-01-15 Betty Saccoccio Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 CAMBRIDGE, MA Christopher Cassa 2019-01-15 Paola Pedrelli Cambridge, MA

Location Name Date 2019-01-15 Colleen Clark Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Carla Camara Charlton, MA Rachel Gunthe 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Justin Saif Cambridge, MA Tara Greco 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Dayna Pollick Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA Melissa Quest-Mercadante Eleanor Beram 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 John MacGibbon Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Noa Samlan Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Kim Kaufman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Dennis Ferrick Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Alison Godburn Cambridge, MA Helen Schultz 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Jennifer Ausrotas Belmont, MA 2019-01-15 Betsy Germanotta Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 briana pearson cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Steve Wineman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Carolyn Shipley Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Lindsey Simrell Allston, MA Louise Parise 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Edna Mangiacotti Arlington, MA

Date Name Location Catherine Hammond 2019-01-15 Somerville, MA 2019-01-15 Victoria Solomon Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Gayle Sherman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Joanna Fink Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Jen Craft Cambridge, MA 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA Judith Adler 2019-01-15 Cambridge, MA Kristin Ellis-Levy 2019-01-16 Inyang Isong Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Lisa Camacho Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Robert Travers, Jr. Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Walter McDonald Cambridge, MA Pamela Blau 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 : Frank Muolo North Easton, MA 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA Josephine Mullan 2019-01-16 Peter Nonni Belmont, MA 2019-01-16 Phyllis Bretholtz Provincetown, MA 2019-01-16 Lyza Bayard Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Kristin Canavan Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Caitlin Roberts Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Jane Ehrlich Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Catarina Campbell Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Kristen Palma Cambridge, MA

Location Date Name 2019-01-16 sarah smith Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Melanie Cohn-Hopwood Warsaw, Poland 2019-01-16 Andrew Richman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Jessie Scanlon Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Woong Kyoung Son Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Jon Readey Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Melissa Paschall Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 audrey Schulman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Noam Weinstein Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA Lyn Kardatzke 2019-01-16 Tagesech Wabeto Philadelphia, PA 2019-01-16 Robert Travers Sr. Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA Loreen Ray 2019-01-16 Robin Chen Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Asa Brebner Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Andrea Simpson Boston, MA 2019-01-16 Jennifer Vasquez Houston, US 2019-01-16 Corpus Christi, US Monique Vazquez 2019-01-16 Emie Michaud Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Jacqulyn Gantzer Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA Emily Cole 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA Karen Dempsey

Date Location Name 2019-01-16 Melissa Ludtke Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Mark Dejon Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Cynthia Becker Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 cambridge, MA nancy shapiro 2019-01-16 marilee meyer cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Heather Allen Boston, MA 2019-01-16 Lisa Madison Boston, MA 2019-01-16 Claudine Alizee Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Nicola Williams Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Ed DePierro Stow, MA 2019-01-16 Rebecca Lavine Waltham, MA 2019-01-16 Daniel Sullivan South Yarmouth, MA 2019-01-16 Assaria, KS Ilyanna DePierro 2019-01-16 Pamela Worth somerville, MA 2019-01-16 Noel Camelio Tewksbury, MA 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA Allyson Goose Victoria Ruff 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-16 Denise Houseman Boston, MA 2019-01-16 ADGKDGASKJHDGk Conway, US dsjjflksgakslifdghjkfdslg 2019-01-16 Carolyn Roux Sterling, MA 2019-01-16 Brockton, MA Cheryl Wilcox

Name Date Location 2019-01-16 Mark Ford Cambidge, MA 2019-01-16 Erika Ramos Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Marcos Aviles Simi valley, US 2019-01-17 Cambridge, MA gaelle llambi 2019-01-17 Russell Chalmers Peabody, MA 2019-01-17 Erin Hart Cambridge, MA Kate Skubecz 2019-01-17 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Jean Spera Chelsea, MA 2019-01-17 Sandra Puletz Broken Arrow, OK 2019-01-17 Brockton, MA Brenda Burke 2019-01-17 Jaime Gagne Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Y Tung Arlington, MA 2019-01-17 Jamie Lichtenstein Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Danielle Mishkin Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Maria Consolo Saugus, MA 2019-01-17 Cambridge, MA David Nierenberg 2019-01-17 jessica kuh cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Caroline Lowenthal Somerville, MA 2019-01-17 Ashley Owens Wood Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Sara Korn Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Linda Lieberman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Cambridge, MA Samuel Murphy

Date Location Name 2019-01-17 Oxana Shevel Cambridge, MA Lori Nelson 2019-01-17 Boston, MA 2019-01-17 Debra Inacio Winthrop, MA 2019-01-17 Gabriel Robinson Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Kelly Sherman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Margaret Rennix Boston, MA 2019-01-17 Helene OBrien Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Thomas Brady Boston, MA 2019-01-17 Shela Hadley Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Daniel Goldsmith Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Michael Friedmann Bronx, US 2019-01-17 Stephanie Couch Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Fabrizio Gentili Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Laurie Kilmer Boston, MA 2019-01-17 Joseph Aiello Cambridge, MA 2019-01-18 Rudy Roman Providence, MA 2019-01-18 Angiolina DePierro Brighton, MA 2019-01-18 Batsheva Fenster Cambridge, MA 2019-01-18 Michael Last Cambridge, MA 2019-01-19 Madeleine Aster Cambridge, MA 2019-01-19 Lexington, MA Nancy Tsung 2019-01-19 Watertown, MA Kittredge Henchman-Sallet

Date Name Location 2019-01-19 Sarah Kenemuth Cambridge, MA 2019-01-20 Anne Cullen Boston, MA 2019-01-20 Cambridge, MA Ashley Brown 2019-01-20 Cambridge, MA Andy Nash Anne Erde 2019-01-20 Jamaica Plain, MA Pamela Van Dort 2019-01-21 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-21 Jennifer Britton-Colonnese Cambridge, MA 2019-01-22 Liliana Gheorghiu Cambridge, MA 2019-01-22 Sam Sarold Springfield, US 2019-01-22 Melissa Chamberl Boxborough, MA 2019-01-22 Lizzie Pojanowski Isle, US 2019-01-22 Kaydence Burns Wausau, US 2019-01-22 US Brett Halsey-Franke US 2019-01-24 Kathryn Carlson 2019-01-24 Jennifer Tran Cambridge, MA 2019-01-25 John Hand Cambridge, MA 2019-01-25 Barb Travers Cambridge, MA 2019-01-26 Lino Becerra Cambridge, MA 2019-01-26 Cambridge, MA Janine Byrne 2019-01-26 Deborah Chasman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-26 Cambridge, MA Kevin Park 2019-01-26 Cambridge, MA Seoyoon Choi

Date Location Name 2019-01-26 Hyunjin Choi Cambridge, MA 2019-01-26 Soyeon Kim Cambridge, MA 2019-01-27 George Ni Cambridge, MA 2019-01-27 Wenjia XU Cambridge, MA Linda Gennari 2019-01-27 Boston, MA 2019-01-27 Christine Arruda Cambridge, MA 2019-01-27 Joel Greshock Cambridge, MA 2019-01-27 S Fielding Boston, MA Andrew Pace 2019-01-27 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-27 Cambridge, MA Angela Pace 2019-01-27 Sergio Pace Cambridge, MA Karen Nicoloro 2019-01-28 Cambridge, MA 2019-01-28 Cambridge, MA Joe DeSimone 2019-01-28 Cambridge, MA Karolyn Park 2019-01-29 Somerville, MA Zhanina Boyadzhieva 2019-01-29 Boston, MA Annie Truong 2019-01-29 Luciana De Barros Gallo Cambridge, MA 2019-01-29 Andrew Churchman Cambridge, MA 2019-01-29 Cambridge, MA Blake Ritter 2019-01-30 Bruno Igima Cambridge, MA 2019-01-30 Margaret Hussey Cambridge, MA 2019-01-30 Kalyn Pavlinic Boston, MA

Date Name Location 2019-01-30 Cambridge, MA Ethan Healy 2019-02-02 Mary-Ann Donofrio Cambridge, MA US 2019-02-02 Jerry Galbraith 2019-02-02 Rebeca Alvarez Cambridge, MA Zarabeth Anderson 2019-02-02 Gallatin, US 2019-02-02 Alvaro Joel Abreu De La Cruz York, US 2019-02-02 Michelle Jones Cambridge, MA 2019-02-03 Boober RB Seattle, US 2019-02-03 Christian Lehmann Spring, US 2019-02-03 Tommy Henson Palmdale, US 2019-02-03 Justin Nguyen Canton, US 2019-02-03 Stephen Brown Cambridge, MA 2019-02-03 Urs Fischer Cambridge, MA 2019-02-04 Yeet Us the feetus McDonough, US 2019-02-04 Oliver Wilhoit Phoenix, US 2019-02-04 Nina Quinlan Cambridge, MA 2019-02-04 South Bend, US abby nicole 2019-02-04 Liam Leik York, US 2019-02-04 Ethan Crain Terry, US US 2019-02-04 jesus christ 2019-02-04 Daniel Perez Harrisburg, US 2019-02-04 becky rain Edmond, US

Location Date Name 2019-02-04 Jonas James Blackfoot, US 2019-02-05 Hawthorne, US Rachel Hayek 2019-02-05 Malad City, US Tom Simpson 2019-02-06 Becca Yount Huntsville, US 2019-02-06 carl baker chamblee, US 2019-02-06 Patrick Balfe Barnstable, US 2019-02-19 San Marcos, US KATE Denny 2019-02-27 Cambridge, MA Mary Carolyn Shipley Yuan Cao 2019-03-03 Boston, MA 2019-03-03 Cambridge, MA Ming Mo 2019-03-23 Utkarsh Nath Fremont, US 2019-03-23 cathy rupp Pittsburgh, US 2019-03-27 Elizabeth Gombosi Cambridge, US 2019-03-27 Suzanne Blier Cambridge, MA 2019-03-27 Charles Franklin Cambridge, MA 2019-03-27 Mike Connolly Cambridge, MA 2019-03-27 George Despotes Cambrdige, MA 2019-03-27 Gaylen Morgan Cambridge, US 2019-03-27 Devin Hansen Boston, MA 2019-03-27 Ann Gilkerson Tucson AZ, AZ 2019-03-28 Williamstown, MA Eva Grudin 2019-03-28 Judith Wechsler Cambridge, MA

Date Name Location 2019-03-28 Roberta Lie Cambridge, MA Ovadia Simha 2019-03-28 Cambridge, MA 2019-03-28 Monica Raymond Cambridge, US 2019-03-29 Pamela Pacelli Somerville, MA 2019-04-01 Cambridge, MA Joseph Rose 2019-04-01 Tito Bottitta Cambridge, US 2019-04-01 Amie Hanigan Quincy, US 2019-04-01 Seattle, WA Emily Willman 2019-04-02 William Dines Cambridge, US 2019-04-02 annemarie miller stoughton, MA 2019-04-02 Catherine Cavanaugh Cambridge, US 2019-04-02 Mary Rose Cambridge, MA 2019-04-02 Ruth Allen Cambridge, MA 2019-04-02 Wilmington, MA E MacDougall 2019-04-02 Worcester, US Mystique Cavanaugh 2019-04-03 Ellen Aronson Cambridge, MA 2019-04-04 Emily Lamoureux windsor, US 2019-04-05 Ryan Will Boston, MA 2019-04-05 Cambridge, US Dabney Hailey 2019-04-12 sylacauga, US cherry brown 2019-04-12 Barbara Rubel Somerville, MA 2019-04-13 Jane Myers Cambridge, MA

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Date Location Name 2019-04-24 Beth Simon Cambridge, MA Rachel Benedict 2019-04-24 Cambridge, US 2019-04-24 Margaret Desjardins Cambridge, US 2019-04-24 Cambridge, MA Marydale Debor Nora Smith 2019-04-24 Cambridge, MA 2019-04-24 Carol O'Hare Cambridge, US 2019-04-24 Nancy Hausman Cambridge, US 2019-04-24 Ivana Dimitrova Cambridge, MA 2019-04-24 Joan Blackett Cambridge, US 2019-04-24 Michaelle Harris Cambridge, US 2019-04-24 Erico Rosa Cambridge, MA 2019-04-24 Samantha Mekrut Cambridge, MA 2019-04-24 sage carbone Cambridge, MA 2019-04-24 New York, US Tatenda Changamire 2019-04-24 Cambridge, US Sydney Wolff : 2019-04-24 Paola Rebusco Cambridge, MA 2019-04-24 Cambridge, US Justin Paris 2019-04-24 David Plotnick Cambridge, US 2019-04-24 Maya Gonzalez Cambridge, MA 2019-04-25 Somerville, MA Kenny Vorspan 2019-04-25 Kate Lynch Cambridge, MA 2019-04-25 George Ross Roslindale, US

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change.org Recipient: Ilan Levy, Abra Berkowitz Letter: Greetings, Say NO to an Eversource Substation by the Kennedy-Longfellow School

Comments Name Comment Date Location The City reckless push for commercial development in Kendall ilan levy Cambridge, MA 2019-01-12 square got Eversource to behave in the same manner, recklessly, to make said development possible. Eversource bought a lot just next to our most vulnerable children's school, KLO. And next to one of the last remaining viable piece of open space, the Arhen Field, East Cambridge. Eversource sole purpose in buying this lot is to support the projected 100 Megawatt the Kendall square development is requiring. If the power is for Kendall sq, lets put this massive substation in Kendall sq, not in a residential are, near a schools, and open space. And the City management has done nothing, nothing, to protect the residents and their children. Let us make sure we make the CEO of Cambridge know that this is an intolerable situation. Let the City and Eversource know they need to find an alternate solution for to satisfy their unsustainable thirst for power. Let us say no to the Eversource substation. 2019-01-14 5 Michael Way, Commercial development, including Eversource, should not be Katy Liang invading the residential zones in the city. Cambridge, MA John MacGibbon 2019-01-15 This is a stupid and dangerous idea. Cambridge demands 100% Cambridge, MA renewable energy now! 2019-01-16 I will not support an electric substation near to a school since this is Cambridge, MA Pamela Blau a danger to children. Not next to a school or a populated area. 2019-01-16 Peter Nonni Belmont, MA 2019-01-16 I am concerned about the emissions radiating out to our youth. This Provincetown, MA Phyllis Bretholtz is a vulnerable population and should be protected in every possible way. 2019-01-16 Tagesech Wabeto I'm signing this petition because the substation must not built near Philadelphia, PA a school. This school has different age category of kids starting 2.9 year olds. There is a pre school, special education classroom and school age kids (K-8th graders) in this school, so that we need to care about these kids. 2019-01-16 This is amazingly poor planning and for whose benefit? studies are marilee meyer cambridge, MA still continuing with indications of harm concerning substations like this. Do we need proof of harm or indication of harm? the precautionary principle... with proof it is too late! This is unhealthy for our children. Nicola Williams 2019-01-16 Cambridge, MA It is unacceptable to put a power substation next to a school, It is 2019-01-17 jessica kuh cambridge, MA unacceptable that our children should be subjected to the noise that it would generate. An electrical substation on my street and near my young 2019-01-17 Kelly Sherman Cambridge, MA children will: 1) Be an aesthetic blight on our neighborhood (https://bit.ly/2FwK99j) 2) Create constant sound pollution (https://bit.ly/2Hh1kxf), 3) Lower real estate values

Name Date Comment Location (https://bit.ly/2T1Kyne) and most importantly 4) Pose a long-term health risk to our children and ourselves (https://bit.ly/2RAofsm) This is the LAST thing we need across the street from a heavily used Cambridge, MA 2019-01-17 Joseph Aiello park and school. We should be pushing the city to bring back the plans for housing on that lot. 2019-01-19 We are the owner of 9 Cornelius Way, Cambridge, MA. We are Lexington, MA Nancy Tsung strongly against the building of the electrical substation in our neighbor. It is too closed to our residence and school. 2019-01-19 Sarah Kenemuth This neighborhood site is completely inappropriate for power Cambridge, MA substation and should not be allowed to move forward! 2019-01-21 This substation should not be placed in a residential area when it is Pamela Van Dort Cambridge, MA being built to benefit big developments elsewhere in Cambridge. Locate the substation in one of those developments, or somewhere else, but certainly not in a residential neighborhood right by a school. Eversource must place the substation where the need is; the Volpe lino becerra 2019-01-26 cambridge, MA center. It's outrageous to place it next to an elementary school in the middle of a densely populated area! 2019-03-27 As an architectural historian who has done research in East Ann Gilkerson Tucson AZ, AZ Cambridge, I know how important affordable housing is in this community. That is what is needed now, not an electrical substation. Williamstown, MA 2019-03-28 Too dangerous!! Radiation emissions potent at power stations, Eva Grudin cancer rates higher. Danielle said no 2019-04-02 Mary Rose Cambridge, MA An electrical substation poses hazards to a neighborhood and 2019-04-03 Cambridge, MA Ellen Aronson should not be built next to a school. 2019-04-13 I really hope City Council should step in and protect the school yard. Cambridge, MA Jane Myers Elie Yarden. We must reject mimbyism and embrace conservation. 2019-04-19 Cambridge, MA Elie Yarden Eversource is dedicated to more profit for less cost. Is this substation being built to supply power to all the development 2019-04-19 roy russell Cambridge, MA in Kendall Square? Can't they find a place in Kendall Square that would be more appropriate? I live on Fulkerson St. Put it in some one else's yard, not mine. It's 2019-04-21 cambrige, MA Lois DiMaio not right to put in a RESIDENTIAL area even if it is zoned differently. This is too close to the school AND I am very troubled by the quiet Catherine Peshkin 2019-04-21 Cambridge, MA bait and switch of the smaller residential complex which was not objectionable to a major electrical substation (which is a very different risk and noise profile altogether). 2019-05-04 Decades ago, when I was in the Army stationed for three weeks Robert Camacho Cambridge, MA at the Jump School in Fort Bennington, GA, the instructors had a saying about the 6 Ps of parachute training. That saying was "Prior

Comment Date Name Location Planning Prevents P*** Poor Performance".It's shamefully and painfully obvious that neither Eversource nor the Cambridge City Administration have ever heard of the rule of the 6Ps as they plunge recklessly ahead in their desire to increase the population of the city without considering the necessary infrastructure requirements that entails. Beyond absurd. Kimberley Haines 2019-05-08 A transformer exploded just a couple of weeks ago, and I don't want Cambridge, MA anyone to suffer even just from the fire drills. :

about:blank ATTACHMENTG Dear City Councilors, I'm a flabbergasted by the title of the meeting today and its very late timing, why did it not happen earlier? Is this really just going to be a presentation of Eversource's proposal? Are we not already at the point where the City should force itself, the developers, MITIMCO, BioMed, Boston Properties, Alexandrian Real Estate, and DIVCO, and finally Eversource, to find alternative locations. Or, is this committee going to be the buffer which allows this outrageous proposal to go through? (I think it essential to remember this new proposal is the result of the energy requirement for the mismanaged economic expansion of Kendall Sq, and Cambridge Crossing. I also think necessary to remember we do not require any of the permitted construction to reduce their energy consumption or be net zero; this requirement only kicks in in 2030. I also think it is essential to note how this proposal underlined how every goal of the City Council is being ignored: we are not resilient, neighborly, innovative, equitable, nor Over the last ten years, we have permitted huge upzoning without planning. No one, but the citizens, asked the essential questions, do we have enough power, sewers, roads... neither Neversource, nor the City, nor the developers. As a result, the energy generation gets crammed into areas where it was not supposed to go. Moreover, the only land Neversource has found to build their most complex project in New England ever, is next to the Kennedy Longfellow elementary school, next to our most vulnerable children. In Cambridge, we đo take care of our most vulnerable (fronic tore). For the last ten years the City and at least 5 of the currently sitting City Councilors have permitted gigantic up-zoning, the neighborhood residents have asked the questions about infrastructure, i.e., do we have enough electricity? Are our sewers and road capable of sustaining these increase in density? Every time we are rebutted as NIMBY, or naysayers, or against development and growth, against progress, basically being dismissed and disregarded because the City and the City Councilors know better: Well, let it be known that NOBODY is asking if Cambridge has the infrastructure to sustain the growth it permits. The City and the City Council never once asked the questions which are their fundamental responsibility, i.e., This neglect is a dereliction of duties by provide and maintain a sustainable infrastructure. omission. The result is Neversource scrambling to find where to add more than 300 MW of power to serve and only serve the new permitted development in Kendall Square. The reality is that the City and City Council have utterly failed in their primary responsibility: zoning and infrastructure. We, the citizen, need to have our eyes open, see and understand the magnitude of the failure and its consequences. It's not enough to have a net zero policy or to be moral progressives if we can't even deliver the basics or consider more thoroughly the consequences of our actions. The City and the Council are behaving exactly like our dear president, recklessly. You cannot claim to solve the world problems and have your hometown do precisely the opposite of what they/you preach. Neversource and the power needs generated by the hunger for endless growth are poster children for reckless governance which dismisses people and prioritizes the financial mperative (money), not progress. Maybe this is the priority people want, and I'm totally wron n thinking they want something else. However, we do have to make a choice, money or th environment, money or our kid's health,..., money or the living? We have to stop saying one thing and doing the opposite. Ilan Levy, 148 Spring St, 02141 1 of 1 5/22/2019, 10:55 AM

ATTACHMENT H City of Cambridge 0-2 Amended Order IN CITY COUNCIL April 22, 2019 COUNCILLOR TOOMEY COUNCILLOR MALLON MAYOR MCGOVERN COUNCILLOR SIDDIQUI WHEREAS: In February 2019, the City Council unanimously voted for the City to confer with iversource and the appropriate City departments to undertake a series of studies an‹ analyses related to finance, health and safety, building design and the long-term electricity needs before the construction of a substation on Fulkerson Street in East Cambridge; and WHEREAS: To date, the City Council has not heard back and Eversource has not provided any updates on what their current plans are; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is instructed to request an update from Eversource and any other relevant City departments on this matter; and be it further ORDERED: That this matter be referred to the Transportation/Public Utilities Committee for the purpose of scheduling a joint hearing to discuss the update; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the City Solicitor to provide information on what the legal authority of the City is on locating a utility company in a residential area. In City Council April 22, 2019. Adopted as amended by the affirmative vote of nine members. Attest:- Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk A true copy; Danna P. Rope ATTEST:- Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENT E Joseph Rose <[email removed]> From: Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 7:54 PM To: Lopez, Donna; Devereux, Jan; Kelley, Craig; Dennis Carlone; Toomey, Tim; Zondervan, Quinton; Mallon, Alanna; City Council Subject: Letter of Opposition to Eversource Fulkerson Site Donna Lopez and the esteemed City Councillors, elementary school. It seems their needs could be met at a site closer or perhaps on the Volpe development for which the substation is needed. Sincerely, Joe Rose 72 Spring St

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENT J From: Samuel Murphy < [email removed]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 8:35 PM Lopez, Donna To: Meeting on Substation Subject: Hello, I'm a resident of East Cambridge, living only a couple blocks from Kennedy Longfellow and the site of the planned substation. I strongly oppose this initiative and apologize that I can't join the meeting tomorrow to voice my opinion. Please let me know how I can help to advocate for an alternative plan if possible. Thank you. Sam Murphy [email removed] [phone removed]

ATTACHMENTK Lopez, Donna Koopman, Jeanne E <[email removed]> From: Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 7:31 AM To: City Council Lopez, Donna Cc: Eversource substation Subject: Dear City Council members, I wish to register my strong opposition to locating the Eversource Electrical Sub-Station adjacent to the Kennedy Longfellow School. We mustn't take the risk of harming our community's most precious asset - our children. Jeanne Koopman 248 River St Cambridge

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENT L From: Rhonda & Paul < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:08 AM To: Lopez, Donna Eversource and energy needs Subject: While I cannot attend the meeting with Eversource this afternoon, I do have a question and a comment. What is Eversource doing regarding alternative fuels - solar energy or wind power for instance? My husband and I are interested in solar but the map prepared by MIT a couple of years ago has labeled our house as unsuitable. We get offers in the mail from providers with whom we are unfamiliar, and are reluctant to use an energy provider we know nothing about. We have done all we can to insulate our house to save energy, and we would be very pleased to take the next step and use alternative energy sources if Eversource provided this kind of power. The location of the proposed substation is a grave concern to the community. If what I hear is correct, much of the power will be directed toward the new buildings in the Kendall Square area. It would make much more sense to locate this closer to, and indeed, on that property. I have my doubts about developing this area in the first place, but this hearing probably isn't interested in that. Also, this property was promised to the community as a sports field twenty years ago by a Councilor, and a former City Manager (when he was Deputy City Manager). Nothing raises my ire more than being made a promise by politicians and City administrators, which is forgotten as soon as the spotlight dims. Thank you, Rhonda Massie 211 Charles Street Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENT M From: Helene O'Brien < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:34 AM To: City Council; Mallon, Alanna; Zondervan, Quinton; Kelley, Craig; Carlone, Dennis; Devereux, Jan; Lopez, Donna Proposed Eversource substation on Fulkerson Street Subject: Hi, City Council / Transportation and Public Utilities Subcommittee members -- I'm writing to voice my objections to the proposed Eversource substation on Fulkerson Street. My reasons: 1. The proposed substation would be in the middle of a residential neighborhood. There are more appropriately-zoned locations that would not "industrialize" a neighborhood that includes an elementary school. 2. The non-transparent way in which the land for the substation was obtained should not be rewarded. It's my understanding that the land was purchased via a third-party who then sold it to Eversource within days of the purchase. 3. The corporate parties whose energy needs have made the additional substation necessary should host the substation in their neighborhood. The corporations are benefiting from the development of Kendall Square; the East Cambridge Fulkerson Street neighborhood - not so much. I live in Cambridge, and I work in Cambridge (for an East Cambridge corporation that *is* a good neighbor). We can surely find a balance between residents and businesses -- but trickery and exploitation do not promote goodwill and Please prevent construction of this substation on Fulkerson St. Thank you Helene O'Brien 244 Brattle Street

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENTN From: john paul < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9:17 AM To: -opez, Donna; Devereux, Jan; Carlone, Dennis; kelley, Craig zondervan@cambridgema.gov: Mallon, Alann Subject: electrical substation - Eversource Let the City know you don't want a huge electrical substation next to the Kennedy- Longfellow Elementary Schoo!!!!! 1 am opposed to the electrical substation on Fulkerson. This area should be residential as was originally intended and planned. I cannot make today's 2:00pm meeting. John Paul 90 Spring Street Cambridge

ATTACHMENTO Lopez, Donna From: Bonnie Steyer <[email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9:44 AM To: Lopez, Donna; Devereux, Jan; Carlone, Dennis; Kelley, Craig; Zondervan, Quinton; Mallon, Alanna; City Council Fulkerson Substation Subject: Dear Honorable Members of the City Council, I am writing to you with concerns regarding the proposed Eversource construction of an electrical substation in close proximity to my place of work. I am a teacher at the Kennedy-Longfellow School, a short walk away from the proposed site of the substation. I appreciate that as our city grows (particularly in the Kendall Square area, so does our electricity needs. However, I believe that a comprehensive study of the environmental and health impact to the nearby community should be conducted. If this has already taken place, the results of the study should have been shared with all members of the community, including those who teach elementary children down the street. According to the EPA, "Many high-voltage circuit breakers, switches, and other pieces of equipment used in the transmission and distribution system are insulated with sulfur hexafluoride, which is a potent greenhouse gas. " (https://www.epa.gov/energy/electricity-delivery-and-its-environmental- impacts). Has the city considered the further emission of greenhouse gases when discussing the construction of the substation? Has the city considered the substation's close proximity to many young children nearby? If the substation is placed, how will the city mitigate the emission of such gases? How will the city offset the negative aesthetic impact to the community? Unfortunately, I will be at school during the time of your meeting this afternoon so I will not be able to ask these questions in person. I do hope you can consider the Kennedy-Longfellow School and its surrounding community when making your decisions. Sincerely, Bonnie Steyer

ATTACHMENTP Lopez, Donna From: TIM TRAPP < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 10:40 AM To: City Council; Clerk Subject: Eversource. & TPUC Meeting 22 May 2019 at 2 pm Dear Council Members: As a resident of Pleasant Street who is directly affected by the use of the property at 377-379 Putnam Street, for which Eversource is currently seeking zoning approval for new construction under BZA-017097-2019 I am writing to you to ask that you use a city-wide master planning process with Eversource in addition to parcel-based approval. Cambridge and its residents deserve a coherent, evidence-driven plan for the future of public utility supplies in the city. What is Eversource's demand forecast for gas and electric for the coming decades, what is driving the demand, how does Eversource intend to meet the demand and how will different parts of the city be affected? • If summer cooling is driving the electrical demand, is it residential or commercial and institutional buildings? § Where are Eversource's conservation resources with regard to helping all customers replace older AC condensers with higher efficiency models? (We have three buildings with rooftop condensers coming to the end of their service life. I've never seen any information from Eversource about how to make an informed choice of replacements.) Does the addition of transformer/switching capacity at existing sub-stations unfairly burden residential neighborhoods with noise and EMF pollution for the benefit of commercial and institutional users? Why can't transformers be located at the demand point? In the opinion of the State Fire Marshall and the Cambridge Fire Department, does greater equipment density create the risk of electrical fire and evacuation scenarios that they are unprepared to deal with? The city also has issues to address: If summer cooling is the issue, do building codes need to change to require reflective white or silver colored roofs instead of the ubiquitous heat-absorbing black membrane roofs? What difference would solar roofs and planted "green" roofs make, particularly in new commercial/institutional construction? Is there a city-wide drainage plan that accounts for and protects the many underground utilities from increasingly frequent torrential rain events? Should a shared chiller plant, i.e. a district utility model be implemented in high density locations like Kendall Square? Thank you for your time and attention to these issues. Sincerely, Tim Trapp 1

Lopez, Donna AITACHMENT Q Alfred Fantini <[email removed]> From: Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 11:15 AM To: Lopez, Donna Ms. Lopez, Please submit the following comments to the board: Please be advised that the School Committee on Tuesday, May 21st voted the following resolution opposing the siting of an electrical substation so close to the Kennedy-Longfellow school: #19-92 Motion by Mr. Fantini, Given the proximity of the Eversource electrical substation to the Kennedy-Longfellow school that the School Committee go on record supporting the Council Order below. City of Cambridge IN CITY COUNCIL April 22, 2019 COUNCILLOR TOOMEY COUNCILLOR MALLON MAYOR MCGOVERN COUNCILLOR SIDDIQUI WHEREAS: In May 2016, representatives of 135 Cambridge Street LLC appeared before the East Cambridge Planning Team (ECT) to present a proposal for a three story 40-unit residential building at 135 Fulkerson; and WHEREAS: In June 2016, Jay Doherty, Chief Executive Officer of Cabot, Cabot and Forbes filed a special permit application with the Planning Board seeking approval to construct the residential project at 135 Fulkerson; and WHEREAS: After a series of public hearings attended by the East Cambridge residents in the summer of 2016, the Planning Board approved the special permit in September 2016; and WHEREAS: In less than four months later, without providing any notice to ECPT or the City of Cambridge that it did not intend to develop the residential project it had spent six months advancing through the special permit process, the developer sold the property to NSTAR Electric Company; and WHEREAS: According to the deeds on record at the Middlesex Registry of Deeds, the property was sold to NSTAR on January 17, 2017 for $12,929,000.00, less than two hours after it was sold by the longtime owner for $6,635,000.00 to the developer, and WHEREAS: Nearly a year after acquiring the property representatives from Eversource appeared before ECPT for the first time only after being requested by ECT President to meet with neighbors and inform them of their plans; and WHEREAS: Eversource representatives indicated at that time that the company was unable to share any plans or discuss the scope of its project because it had not yet determined what, if anything, it intended to build at the property and that anything that was planned for the property would not be constructed for several years; and WHEREAS: Siting an electrical substation in a residential neighborhood across the street from an elementary school and a public park is completely inappropriate and could present a serious health and safety risk to the residents of East Cambridge and the Wellington Harrington neighborhood; now therefore be it RESOLVED: That this City Council go on record opposing this site for a substation; and be it further RESOLVED: That the City Council go on record urging Eversource to reconsider its acquisition of the property and to offer it for sale; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to make such a request to Eversource on behalf of the entire City Council.

Sincerely, Fred Fantini Member of the Cambridge School Committee and East Cambridge Resident

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMONT R From: Gretchen Kronenberg < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 11:09 AM To: City Council Cc: Clerk Putnam substation Eversource Subject: Dear Councilor Zondervan, Eversource would like to embed a Putnam substation into our neighborhood, a densely populated residential area with many families and young children. The energy generated here would then need to be transported to East Cambridge commercial areas that need it. We all appreciate that as Cambridge grows, it will need more energy, but locating this substation within a residential neighborhood, and then transporting the output a distance just doesn't make sense for the city. Eversource wants what is best for their bottom line, not for the city, no matter their happy chatter about it all. This project will disrupt traffic, destroy streets, bring large equipment into a very constrained area of the city... there is a children's park across the street and grocery store next door with families walking in the area constantly. Eversource has not been a good neighbor here. They keep a dusty, ugly lot with construction equipment moving in and out at all hours. In the past year they promised that they would only work within certain daylight hours. Not true... one week- end they were banging away and shaking the ground starting at 7AM Saturday morning through 11 PM Saturday night. Traffic is heavy in this area already. Last fall a young woman was killed by a truck at the corner of Putnam and Magazine Street. With construction equipment and roads torn up for transport, this project will turn the area into a construction site, not the wonderful neighborhood it has always been. This project sounds like a nightmare for Cambridgeport. Do i trust that Eversource will care once they have permission to start this project... sadly, no. Please do what you can to relocate this substation to a more industrial/commercial area near where it will be needed. Thanks, G Kronenberg

ATTACHMENTS Lopez, Donna From: Susan Johansen <[email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 11:48 AM To: Lopez, Donna Subject: Please no substation near Kennedy-Longfellow Elementary School!