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APP 2019-75

A Zoning Petition has been received from Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. et al proposing a Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District

What happened
Sep 10, 2019 · Referred
Sep 10, 2019 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee voted to forward to the full Council with a favorable recommendation, 4–3
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Voted yes (4)

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Timothy J. Toomey

Voted no (3)

  • Jan Devereux
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Quinton Zondervan

Absent (2)

  • Craig A. Kelley
  • E. Denise Simmons
Sep 23, 2019 · Passed to a second reading
Oct 7, 2019 · ▫ Placed on the table (Passed to a second reading)
What’s next
🔁 Refiled as APP 2019 #82: ordained, unanimous.
The document Agenda item attachment · 10 pages

Re: Refiled Zoning Petition-Grand Junction Pathway Overlay

District Dear Ms. Lopez: " >n - .... , ~~ Cf1~ f'l -> ( ,. ~ ~ - (" - -r r::-_ ( rq' As our November 29, 2018 petition has expired, please find enclosed for filing, on behalf of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., and the owners of affected land, an updated zoning petition proposing the Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District. ""-> c:;:o \.0 :X: ;t:.. -< :r>oo -- Our November 29, 2018 petition has been revised to reflect input from interested parties.

Key changes include lowering of proposed building height, the addition of a transition zone for building height and a decrease in project density. We look forward to continuing the review process and are eager to revitalize the affected land and advance the Grand Junction Pathway. Thank you for your consideration. v~~;~rr Ar;x JLph T. Maguire '

Senior Vice President--Real Estate Development & Asset Services

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Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District Zoning Amendment

The undersigned owners ofland to be affected by this Petition, hereby petition the Cambridge

City Council as follows:

I. To see if the City Council will vote to amend the Zoning Map of the City of Cambridge as follows: Parcel I.

A certain parcel of land situated in the City of Cambridge, County of Middlesex and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection ofthe westerly sideline of Fulkerson Street and the northeasterly sideline of Binney Street; thence running N 56°29'27" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of 226.55 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 57° II '37" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of 51.81 feet to a point; thence turning and running N I 0°45' 15" E, by land now or formerly of Massachusetts Department ofTranspottation, a distance of I 014.59 feet to a point; thence turning and runningS 80°27'41" E, by land now or formerly of Spring Condominium, a distance of 83.70 feet to a point; thence turning and runningS 09°32'21" W, by land now or formerly Pay Phone Realty Trust, and land now or formerly ofNSTAR Electric Company, a distance of 278.56 feet to a point; thence turning and running S 06°22'09" E, by land now or formerly of NSTA R Electric Company, a distance of 127.16 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 12°47'39" W, hy land now or formerly ofNSTAR Electric Company, a distance of76.39 feet to a point of non-tangency; thence running by a curve to the left, having a radius of 301.06 feet, a chord bearing of S 28°33'33" E, a chord distance of 138.60 feet, a delta angle of 19°0 I '53", and an arc length of 139.85 feet, by land now or formerly ofNSTAR Electric Company to a point on said fulkerson Street; thence runningS 09°32'20" W, by said rulkcrson Street, a distance of 546.29 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel of land containing an area of 191,506 square feet or 4.39 acres; and Parcel 2.

A ccttain parcel of land situated in the City of Cambridge, County of Middlesex and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts more particularly described as follows: commencing at a point at the intersection of the westerly sideline of Fulkerson Street and the northeasterly sideline of Binney Street; thence running N 56°29'27" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of226.55 feet to a point; thence turning and running N 57°11'37" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of90.66 feet to the point of beginning; thence running N 57° II '37" W, by said Binney Street, a distance of 15.11 feet to a point; thence turning and running N I 0°45' 15" E, by land now or formerly of ARE-MA Region No.

58, LLC, a distance of 508.00 feet to a point; thence turning and runningS 67°21 '26" E, by Parcel 3 herein described, a distance of 14.31 feet to a point; thence turning and runningS 10°45'15" W, by land now or formerly ofMassachusetts Department of Transpottation, a distance of 510.72 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel of land containing an area of?, 131 square feet; and Parcel 3.

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Sep 23, 2019