A petition was received from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, requesting permission for (189) one hundred and eighty-nine banners on poles along Massachusetts Avenue on existing wires at Norfolk and JFK Streets, poles in Harvard Square, poles along Massachusetts Avenue from Vassar Street to Harvard Square, poles along Broadway from Ellery Street to Felton Street, poles along Cambridge Street from Trowbridge to Hovey Streets and poles in Kendall Square to publicize the upcoming Cambridge Science Festival from March 16, 2020 thru April 27, 2020

City of Cambridge Electrical Department Banner Permit Applicants Name: Cambridge Science Festival Address: 265 MAssachusetts Avenue, N52-215, mIT Museum Organization or Business Represented: M IT Museum Pole locations: Street and pole numbers attach separate sheet if necessary: (see letterto city CouNcil) Type Logo, Wording, Insignia: CHubidge Science Festival Date of attachment: 3/16 2020 Date of removal: 4/27/2020 Contact Person: MARyCAt Boyette Telephone: [phone removed] Cell phone: [phone removed] Email: [email removed] Attachments to Poles: 1. Attachments shall be made with proper hardware and shall only be attached with non-corrosive metal clamps or brackets. Banners attached to poles shall not exceed a total of 1800 square inches, approximately 18 inches x 48 inches, 24 inches x 36 inches, 24 inches x 48, or 30 inches x 60 inches. The actual size is subject to required clearances. Banners cannot be attached to wood utility poles. 4. Banners shall have a minimum clearance of: a. 16 feet over a roadway b. 12 feet over a sidewalk 5. Banners shall not interfere with or obstruct, or otherwise block any roadway signs, lighting, or traffic signals. 6. The City reserves the right to remove, or order to be removed any banner deemed unsafe, not properly installed, or creating a hazard and the applicant may be subject to costs. 7. An applicant must provide a description of the materials the banner is made of, method of attachment, and means of installation (contractor name and contact information). Approved by: Date: 1-16-20 Stephen Satand

CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE January 27, 2020 FESTIVAL• To the Honorable City Councilors of Cambridge City Council City Hall 795 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Dear Council Members: I am writing to respectfully request your permission to hang banners to celebrate and publicize the upcoming Cambridge Science Festival. The banners would be hung during the week of March 16, 2020 and be taken down the week of April 27, 2020. The request includes: • Two 3'x 20' street banner to be hung across Massachusetts Avenue on the City's existing wires at (1) Norfolk Street and (2) JFK Street in Harvard Square. • Thirty-eight 24"x36" banners to be hung on poles in Harvard Square. • Eighty-eight 30"x60" street pole banners to be hung on poles along Massachusetts Avenue, from Vassar Street to Harvard Square. • Ten 30"x60" street pole banners to be hung on poles along Broadway, from Ellery Street to Felton Street. • Ten 30"x60" street pole banners to be hung on poles on Cambridge Street, from Trowbridge Street to Hovey Street. • Forty-one 30"x 60" street banners to be hung on poles in Kendal Square. Broadway, from the old Red Cross to Third St.- 5 poles; Main St., Ames to Broadway (and 2 on Broadway), 19 poles, M70, M68, M36, M32, M30, M28, 18, 20, M21, M23, M25, M64, M35, M37, M39, M43, M49, M55, M59; Ames St., Main to Broadway, 8 poles, M54, M53, M44, M42, M41, 2, 4, 6, ; Broadway, Ames to Main at the Marriott, 9 poles, M30, M26, M22, M18, M16, M8, M6, and M4. All banners will be double sided so that they will look the same from both sides. Enclosed are the designs for the street banner and the pole banners. If

you have questions or need additional information, please don't hesitate to contact me at [phone removed] or [email removed]. Thank you very much for your consideration of this request, and for the City of Cambridge's support of another very successful Cambridge Science Festival! Sincerely, Mary Cat Boyett Interim Festival Director, Cambridge Science Festival

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CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL COMMISSION 831 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Fl., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Telephone: [phone removed] Fax: [phone removed] TTY: [phone removed] E-mail: histcomm@cambridgema.gov URL: http://www.cambridgema.gov/Historic SIDGE HISTOR Bruce A. Irving, Chair, Susannah Barton Tobin, Vice Chair; Charles M. Sullivan, Executive Director ICAL William G. Barry, Jr., Joseph V. Ferrara, Chandra Harrington, Jo M. Solet, Members; CAM Gavin W. Kleespies, Paula A. Paris, Kyle Sheffield, Alternates COMMISSION CERTIFICATE OF NONAPPLICABILITY Property: Mass. Ave. betw Arrow and Cambridge streets Applicant: MIT for Cambridge Science Festival Attention: Brenda Blais, Steve Lenkauskas, and Marybeth Cosgrove The Cambridge Historical Commission hereby certifies, pursuant to Chapter 2.78, Article III of the Code of the City of Cambridge and order establishing the Harvard Square Conservation District, that the work described below does not involve any activity requiring issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness or Hardship: Install temporary banners for the Cambridge Science Festival 2020 on light poles in locations as shown on plans submitted by Brenda Blais titled, "Harvard Square 1" and "Harvard Square Area 2" submitted on January 8, 2020. All improvements shall be carried out as shown on the plans and specifications submitted by the applicant, except as modified above. Approved plans and specifications are incorporated by reference into this certificate. This certificate is granted upon the condition that the work authorized herein is commenced within six months after the date of issuance. If the work authorized by this certificate is not commenced within six months after the date of issuance or if such work is suspended in significant part for a period of one year after the time the work is commenced, such certificate shall expire and be of no further effect; provided that, for cause, one or more extensions of time for periods not exceeding six months each may be allowed in writing by the Chair. Case Number: 4261 Date of Certificate: January 14, 2020 Attest: A true and correct copy of decision filed with the office of the City Clerk and the Cambridge Historical Commission on January 14, 2020. By Charles M. Sullivan/st, Executive Director. Twenty days have elapsed since the filing of this decision. No appeal has been filed • Appeal has been filed Date , City Clerk