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An application was received from Jesse Aguilar, requesting permission for a curb cut at the premises numbered 87 Cambridge Park Drive; said petition has received approval from Inspectional Services, Traffic, Parking and Transportation, Historical Commission and Public Works. No response has been received from the neighborhood association

APP 2020 #43·Council meeting Nov 2, 2020·18 pages·📄 Original PDF (city portal)

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Page 1 of3 Curb Cut Location Applicant 87 Cambridgepark Dr Jesse Aguilar Cambridge, MA 02140 72397 : [phone removed] Status: Active @[email removed] Submitted: Apr 27. 2020 General Information Setback - distance from building to sidewalk (in feet) Frontage (in feet) 319 15.1 Distance from proposed driveway to surrounding structures Length of proposed driveway (in feet) and property line (in feet) 21.2 27 Width of proposed driveway (in feet) 22 Size of proposed driveway (square feet) 466.4 Location of any trees, sign posts, fire hydrants, utility poles, etc., in direct vicinity of proposed driveway Existing tree approximately 9 feet from proposed driveway Attestation Date Full Name Jesse Agullar 04/27/2020 Attachments (9) pdf Certified Plot Plan (survey) Apr 27, 2020 pdf Abutters Forms Apr 27, 2020 paf Plan of Requested Conditions Apr 27, 2020 paf Photographs of the property Apr 27.2020 pof Cover letter Apr 27.2020 pdf Correspondence string with MBTA (rear butter) Apr 27, 2020 pdf Unsigned Neighborhood Assoc. letter.pdf May 19, 2020 pdf Cambridgepark Dr cycle track concept - 87 CPD.pdf Jun 18, 2020 pot 0300_GD_and_CurbCut_Plan (2020-08-28_resubmit).pdf Aug 28, 2020 https://cambridgema.viewpointcloud.io/?code=om0A53nq2k3renUB&state=g6Fo2SBVO... 10/29/2020
Page 2 of 3 Timeline Original Submission Status: Issued April 27th 2020, 6:49 am Review for Completeness Status: Completed April 27th 2020, 11:27 am Assignee: Sean O'Grady •• Zoning Review Status: Completed April 27th 2020, 11:27 am Assignee: Sean O'Grady • City Clerk Review Status: Completed May 19th 2020, 12:16 pm Assignee: Lori Perez Lori Perez May 19th 2020, 12:16:33 pm Unsigned Neighborhood Association letter emailed. 5.19.2020 Traffic & Parking Department Review Status: Completed September 3rd 2020, 4:00 pm Assignee: Stephen Meuse Jesse Aguilar June 17th 2020, 8:13:35 am Good morning, I am just checking in regarding the status of TP&T's review of this Curb Cut application. Thanks. Stephen Meuse June 18th 2020, 4:47:04 pm Hi Jesse- I've uploaded a PDF showing what the cycle track/driveway interface is supposed to look like. The intent is not to build a standard driveway and ramp the cycle track around it. The PDF shows our standard cycle track treatment, as can also be seen on recent projects such as Western Ave. Jesse Aguilar August 28th 2020, 12:02:43 pm Hi Stephen, I have resubmitted the curb cut design plan per coordination with Patrick Baxter. If you need anything else to expedite the Curb Cut Permit, please let me know. Thanks for your help. Jesse Aguilar August 31st 2020, 4:54:17 pm Hi Stephen, Per our coordination today, I have updated and resubmitted the curb cut design plan to reflect the cycle track dimensions discussed. Let me know if you need anything else prior to TP&T approval of the curb cut. Thanks. Department of Public Works Review Status: Completed October 26th 2020, 9:58 am Assignee: TJ Shea Jesse Aguilar September 15th 2020, 6:39:44 am Good Morning, I just wanted to check in regarding the status of this review. We are hoping to have this referred back to the City Clerk for inclusion on the earliest possible City Council agenda. Please advise. Thanks. Best regards, Jesse Aguilar Highpoint Engineering, Inc. Jesse Aguilar September 29th 2020, 11:41:34 am Hello, Looking to follow up on this. Please advise as to DPWs status of this review. Thanks. Best regards, Jesse Aguilar Highpoint Engineering, Inc. TJ Shea September 30th 2020, 11:13:51 am Hi Jesse, please contact me on my cell phone to discuss. [phone removed]. TJ Shea Jesse Aguilar October 9th 2020, 7:39:02 am Hi TJ, checking in. Have you had a chance to revisit the site this week? Consigli had the surveyor mark the curb cut limits. Let me know if you need me to coordinate a follow-up meeting with Bartlett to review in the field. I'm remote this morning but available by cell if you need to discuss. [phone removed] Thanks- Jesse Aguilar TJ Shea October 26th 2020, 9:58:25 am Please coordinate tree pruning with City Arborist. Site visit required with contractor prior to commencing work. All DPW applicable permits required. City Clerk Review for City Council Agenda Status: In Progress Assignee: Lori Perez Jesse Aguilar October 26th 2020, 10:13:58 am https://cambridgema.viewpointcloud.io/?code=om0A53nq2k3renUB&state=g6Fo2SBVO... 10/29/2020
Page 3 ol 3 Good Morning, I am reaching out to confirm that this plan submission will be added to the November 2 City Council meeting agenda. Please advise. Thanks, Jesse Aguilar Highpoint Engineering City Council Approval • Status: Pending Department of Public Works - Next Steps Status: Pending https://cambridgema.viewpointcloud.io/?code=om0A53nq2k3renUB&state=g6F02SBVO... 10/29/2020
DocuSign Envelope ID: 6FC69C49-5697-4C93-898B-CA9B661DF890 CITY OF CAMBRIDGE APPLICATION FOR DRIVEWAY CUTS AND OPENINGS ABUTTOR'S FORM Applicants must submit a copy of the assessor's plat and signatures from all abutting property owners including property owners directly across the street (may be more than one). If the abutting buildings are condominiums then all condominium owners must sign. To Whom It May Concern: As owner or agent of 36 Cambridgepark Drive Cambridge, Massachusetts, I do hereby declare approval disapproval of installment of Off-Street Parking Facility located at: 97 Cambridgepark Drive - DocuSigned by: 4/9/2020 David Hall Date: Signed: Davightallo evelopment Partner Address: The Hanover Company, 2 Seaport Lane, 11th Floor Boston, MA 02210 To Whom It May Concern: As owner or agent of Cambridge, Massachusetts, I do hereby declare approval disapproval of installment of Off-Street Parking Facility located at: Date: Signed: Address:
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Canton, MA 02021 45 Dan Road | Suite 140 Canton Corporate Place Highpoint Engineering Page 1 of 2 cut width of thirty (30) feet. The project proposes to increase one (1) existing curb cut from 22.9 feet to • 6.43.3(b) - The Project Property is located within an existing office district allowing for a maximum curb • 6.43.3(a) - The Project Property is not located within a residential zoning district. compliance, HEl offers the following: Zoning District (AOD 6) and the Flood Plain Overlay District. Regarding Cambridge zoning ordinance 6.43.3 The Project Property is located within the Office 2A Zoning District (O-2A) as well as in the Alewife Overlay MBTA regarding the latter's completion of the form. While the signed abutter's form has yet to be received by HEl from the MBTA, HEI remains in contact with the signed abutter form has not been received to date and whose property abuts the Project Property to the north. letter. Also attached is an e-mail string regarding this application between HEl and the MBTA, from whom a received to date from the owners or agents of direct and cross-street abutting properties are attached to this Refer to the attached Existing Conditions Plan and proposed Grading and Drainage Plan. Signed abutters forms issuance of the Planning Board decision is pending. The project was granted Special Permit approval from the Cambridge Planning Board on March 10, 2020. The standards. easterly curb cut. The improvements to the westerly curb cut will be constructed to meet City of Cambridge The project proposes to widen the existing westerly curb cut from 22.9 feet to 23.9 feet and close the existing existing curb cuts are 23.8 feet and 22.9 feet from west to east. the westerly curb cut provides two-way access into and out of the Project Property. Respectively the two (2) existing curb cuts totaling approximately 47 linear feet. The easterly curb cut is a one-way, dedicated exit and The existing Project Property frontage along Cambridgepark Drive is approximately 319 linear feet with two (2) CPD) with ground-level retail use and a three-level, 238-space below-grade parking garage. The proposed project comprises the construction of a new five-story, 141,834 ft2 laboratory/office building (101 address 87 Cambridgepark Drive (87 CPD; the Existing Building) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 97 Cambridgepark Drive (97 CPD; the Project Property) currently occupied by an existing building at building building address 101 Cambridgepark Drive (101 CPD; the Proposed Building), to be located at property address hereby submits the attached curb cut application package for the proposed technical office/lab building at On behalf of HCP/King 101 CPD, LLC c/o King Street Properties (the Applicant), Highpoint Engineering, Inc. (HEI) To Whom It May Concern, Re: 97 Cambridgepark Drive - Curb Cut Application Cambridge, MA 02139 831 Massachusetts Avenue, 1* Floor - ISD Clerk Lombardi Building Cambridge Inspectional Services Department April 27, 2020 • Consulting Engineers Civil | Site Engineers Permit Expediters • Land Planners A HIGHPOINT
Canton, MA 02021 45 Dan Road | Suite 140 Canton Corporate Place Page 2 of 2 Highpoint Engineering Thomas Ragno, King Street Properties Tyson Reynoso, King Street Properties CC: C-400: Site Grading and Drainage Plan C-100: Existing Conditions Plan Existing curb cut photos E-mail correspondence Attachments: Abutters' Forms [email removed] [email removed] Project Engineer President Douglas J. Hartnett, P.E. Jesse Aguilar Dipha / Natal HIGHPOINT ENGINEERING INC. Best regards, If you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact our offices. 6.43.6 - Not applicable 6.43.5 - Not applicable. and provide clear view for drivers exiting the site. • 6.43.4(c) - The grade and design of the proposed curb cut improvements meet City of Cambridge standards street intersection of Cambridgepark Drive and Steel Place. • 6.43.4(b) - The curb cut to remain and be widened is located approximately 480 feet from the nearest • 6.43.4(a) - The driveway width is greater than the minimum ten (10) foot width. reduce the number of curb cuts from two (2) to one (1). allowed, equaling a maximum of three (3) curb cuts along Cambridgepark Drive. The project proposes to Cambridgepark Drive. A maximum of one (1) curb cut per one hundred (100) feet of street frontage is 6.43.3(c) - The existing Project Property maintains approximately 319 linear feet of frontage along cut width by 22.8 feet. 23.9 feet and eliminate one (1) existing 23.8-foot curb cut. Overall, the project will reduce the total curb • Consulting Engineers Civil | Site Engineers • Permit Expediters • Land Planners A HIGHPOINT
To: Jesse Aguilar <jaguilar @highpointeng.com> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:14 PM From: Zimmer, Warren <[email removed]> • [phone removed] Highpoint Engineering Inc. Project Engineer III Jesse Aguilar Best regards, Thanks. If you need additional information or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. • Site photos of existing curb cuts • Cambridge CityViewer map highlighting direct and cross-street abutters to subject property • Site Grading and Drainage Plan (C-400) • Existing Conditions Plan (C-100) • Curb Cut Application cover letter Application for 97 Cambridgepark Drive: Per our discussion this afternoon, attached are the following materials to accompany the Curb Cut Hi Zack, Subject: FW: 101 Cambridgepark Drive | curb cut permit abutter form Hartnett <[email removed]> Cc: Zimmer, Warren <[email removed]>; Tyson Reynoso' <[email removed]>; Doug To: 'Zack Werth' <[email removed]> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 5:07 PM From: Jesse Aguilar 0 [phone removed] Highpoint Engineering Inc. Project Engineer III Jesse Aguilar Best regards, to complete the abutter's signature form. Thanks. Just following up on this from last week. Please let me know if there's anything else the MBTA needs Hi Zack, Date: Thursday, April 23, 2020 9:36:00 AM Subject: RE: 101 Cambridgepark Drive | curb cut permit abutter form Zimmer, Warren Cc: To: Zack Werth Jesse Aguilar From:
Subject: RE: 101 Cambridgepark Drive | curb cut permit abutter form To: Zimmer, Warren <[email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 11:42 AM From: Jesse Aguilar • [phone removed] Highpoint Engineering Inc. Project Engineer III Jesse Aguilar Best regards, e-mail string. Thanks. Please confirm your receipt of the abutter's signature form for 97 Cambridgepark Drive per previous Warren, Subject: RE: 101 Cambridgepark Drive | curb cut permit abutter form To: Zimmer, Warren Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:11 PM From: Jesse Aguilar <[email removed]> [email removed] [phone removed] MassDOT & MBTA Office of Real Estate Asset Development Project Coordinator Warren Zimmer Thank you, does I will circulate it back to you. We have received the abutter's signature form. Richard Henderson has not signed yet. Once he Hi Jess, Subject: Re: 101 Cambridgepark Drive | curb cut permit abutter form
Project Engineer III Jesse Aguilar Thank you and be well, addressed to someone else at the MBTA, please let me know. have any questions or need additional information, or if the attached signature page should be in mid-July but the MBTA's prompt attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated. If you approval or disapproval of the curb cut improvements. Construction is currently anticipated to begin Please forward the attached PDF to Richard Henderson for e-signature, including indication of obtaining/scanning hand signature in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The form is formatted for e-signature for convenience in light of potential challenges with cut. proposed project we will be widening the existing east curb cut by 3 feet and closing the west curb Under existing conditions the Project Property has two curb cuts on Cambridgepark Drive. Under the bike path on MBTA property. 16323 secured between the MBTA and King Street Properties to construct and maintain an offsite north. This development project is directly related to use and occupancy license agreement #MBTA- declaration of approval or disapproval; 5 Cambridgepark Drive abuts the Project Property to the send this form to all direct and cross-street abutters to the Project Property for signature and (the Project Property) in Cambridge. Per City of Cambridge ISD requirements we are required to associated with a Curb Cut Permit application for a development project at 97 Cambridgepark Drive On behalf of King Street Properties attached you will find a PDF for an abutter's signature form Warren: Subject: 101 Cambridgepark Drive | curb cut permit abutter form To: Zimmer, Warren <[email removed]> Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 10:26 AM From: Jesse Aguilar • [phone removed] Highpoint Engineering Inc. Project Engineer III Jesse Aguilar Thanks, Henderson? Following up on this from last week. Have you had a chance to coordinate this with Richard Warren,
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CITY HALL, 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139 cc: Petitioner Daytime telephone no. Signature of authorized association representative Comments: _ approve hereby_ disapprove of said driveway petition. Michael Brandon, Clerk and Richard Clarey, Chairman North Cambridge Stabilization Committee City Clerk Anthony I. Wilson Sincerely yours, Thank you for your cooperation. you to make every effort to complete your review as soon as possible. reply time another seven days by requesting an extension by letter to me with a copy to the petitioner. However, I urge If your neighborhood association cannot complete its review by twenty-one days from today, you may extend the next City Council meeting. neighborhood organization by twenty-one days from the date of this letter, I will place the petition on the agenda for the will place the petition on the agenda for the next City Council meeting. If I do not receive a response from your As soon as this office has received both the completed application and your neighborhood association response, I number. I have enclosed a self-addressed stamped envelope to facilitate your reply. of this letter. If the response is "disapproval" please state reasons. Be sure to sign the form and include a daytime phone Please indicate by return mail your approval or disapproval of the petition within twenty-one days from the date review, prior to action by the City Council. Associations for the locality where the curb cut would be made, so that the association may have an opportunity for The City Council has directed that all curb cut petitions be submitted to the appropriate Neighborhood from surrounding structures 27, Length 21.2', Width 22' and a total Square Footage of 466.4. Jesse Aguilar for a Curb Cut at the location of 87 Cambridgepark Drive with a Frontage of 319', Setback 15.1', Distance This office is in receipt of a copy of an application from: Dear Neighborhood Representative: May 19, 2020 CITY CLERK DEPUTY CITY CLERK ANTHONY I. WILSON PAULA M. CRANE FAX [phone removed] [phone removed] CITY OF CAMBRIDGE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
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