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Legal Notice
Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission
Notice is hereby given that the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, May 6, 2024 at 6:00PM to consider the following applications under Ch. 2.78, Article III of the City Code and the Order establishing the District.
The meeting will be held online with remote participation. The public can participate online via the Zoom platform (https://zoom.us/) from a phone, tablet, or computer. To join the meeting, register at https://tinyurl.com/MCMay2024 or call (301)715-8592 Webinar ID:
846 9034 4826.
MC-6987: 13 Leonard Avenue, Rosanne Hall-Tu. Replace windows.
MC-6988: 84 Kirkland Street, James Gray & Patricia Marti. Alter windows.
Tony Hsiao, Chair
Cambridge Day, The Week, 04/25/24, 05/02/24
Public Notice
Relative to Zoning
City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Office of the City Clerk
The Ordinance Committee, comprised of the entire membership of the City Council, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 3:00p.m., on a Zoning Petition by Khalida Griffin-Sheperd, et al. to amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance in Section 11.206.1 “Affordable Housing Trust,” Subsections 11.206.1 “Board of Trustees” and 11.206.2 “Receipt and Use of Funds and Property” with the intent of adding two explicit additional purposes for the Trust’s funding, requiring reporting of Trust business to the City Council, requiring payment of stipends for Trust members, requiring the Trust to include members affected by housing instability, and expanding the Trust board from 9 to 13 members.
This public hearing will be hybrid allowing participation in the Sullivan Chamber, City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA and remotely via ZOOM. The ZOOM URL to view the meeting is https://cambridgema.zoom.us/s/97895847144. If you would like to speak at this Public Hearing, please register to do so using this URL:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/CityCouncil/PublicCommentSignUpForm. You may also email comments to the City Clerk at Cityclerk@cambridgema.gov.
To request a copy of the amendment in full, e-mail City Clerk, Diane LeBlanc at DLeBlanc@Cambridgema.gov. Copies are also available at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and online at www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/zoninganddevelopment/zoning/amendments.
The City of Cambridge will provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities upon request. Please contact the City Clerk at 617-349-4260 or at DLeBlanc@Cambridgema.gov.
For the Committee,
Vice Mayor Marc McGovern, Co-Chair
Councillor Paul Toner, Co-Chair
Washington Elms LLC
c/o CAMBRIDGE HOUSING AUTHORITY
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT INVITATION TO BID
Washington Elms Site Improvements Project #23-wash-001
Cambridge Housing Authority, in its capacity as managing member, acting on behalf of Washington Elms LLC, the Owner and Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids for Washington Elms Site Improvements Project, at 100 Harvard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Hill-LiRo, Corp. 529 Main Street, Suite 3303, Boston MA 02129.
The project consists of Site Improvements including landscape changes and repair of an existing brick retaining wall.
The work is estimated to cost $150,000.00.
General bids will be received until Friday, May 24, 2024, at 2:00 PM and publicly opened online, forthwith.
All bids are subject to federal minimum wage rates as required by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act and are included in the project specifications.
General bids shall be accompanied by a 5% Bid Bond. A 100% Payment Bond will be required for the awarded contract.
A site visit for all interested general bidders will begin at 131 Washington Street Cambridge MA, 02139 on Wednesday May 15, 2024, at 10:00 AM. All bidders are invited and encouraged to attend. Attendees of the site visit should RSVP to washelms@cambridge-housing.org
Deadline for General Bidder questions shall be submitted by Friday, May 17, 2024, by 2:00PM. Questions received after the above deadlines may not be considered by the Awarding Authority. No interpretations of the meaning of the plans, specifications or other pre-bid documents shall be made to any bidder orally. Every request for such interpretation must be in writing. Questions concerning this project must be submitted via the Bidders Question Form https://forms.office.com/Pages/
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Bid forms and contract documents will be available at WWW.PROCORE.COM on Wednesday May 1, 2024, at 10:00 AM (may be downloaded and viewed electronically).
THIS PROJECT IS BEING ELECTRONICALLY BID, HARD COPY BIDS AND EMAILED BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE AWARDING AUTHORITY. All BIDS shall be electronically submitted through WWW.PROCORE.COM. At any time during the bidding process, you may download and print the various bid documents for your company’s records. Additional instructions to complete the other bid forms are accessible on the Procore website.
The Awarding Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities in the bidding process if it is in the public interest to do so. The Awarding Authority also reserves the right to reject the bids if less than three bids are received.
Bids shall remain in effect for 60 days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded after opening. Successful bidders shall agree to commence work and complete the Work in accordance with the dates set forth in the Bidding Documents and Contract Documents.
Interested in bidding on future CHA Projects? Go to CHA’s Interested Vendor page at www.cambridge-housing.org and enter your company’s contact information for our future bid solicitations. Please include your company’s info, a contact email and the trade(s) that your company provides so we can send you future projects directly.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Planning Board of the City of Cambridge will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. held remotely (see below for instructions to participate) on a Zoning Petition by Joseph S. Ronayne, et al., to amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance in Articles 4.000, 5.000, and 8.000 with the intent to allow multifamily residential uses across the city and eliminate footnotes that further restrict residential development within fully residential districts and to bring Res A and B uses in line with existing Res C uses, making multifamily uses both permissible and feasible.
TO VIEW DOCUMENTS: Visit www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/zoninganddevelopment/zoning/amendments online. Printed copies are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts and at the Community Development Department, 344 Broadway.
TO SEND WRITTEN COMMENTS: E-mailing planningboardcomment@cambridgema.gov is preferred. You can also mail comments to Cambridge Planning Board, 344 Broadway, Third Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139. Written comments received by 5:00 P.M. the day before the meeting will be considered by Board Members in advance of the meeting. Comments received later will be entered into the record.
TO COMMENT IN REAL-TIME: Pursuant to Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023 adopted by Massachusetts General Court and approved by the Governor, the City is authorized to use remote participation at meetings of the Cambridge Planning Board. You can view the meeting remotely and make comments by computer or telephone using Zoom Webinar. Visit www.cambridgema.gov/planningboard online to view the full meeting agenda, register for the Zoom Webinar, and get up-to-date information about the meeting.
TO VIEW MEETING ONLY: The meeting will be streamed online through the Open Meeting Portal at www.cambridgema.gov and broadcast on cable TV – Channel 22 within Cambridge.
FOR QUESTIONS OR ASSISTANCE: Questions concerning the petition may be addressed to Jeff Roberts at 617 349-4639 or jroberts@cambridgema.gov. Contact Swaathi Joseph at 617/349-4668 (TTY 617/349-4621) or sjoseph@cambridgema.gov for information about the meeting.
City of Cambridge
Massachusetts
BOARD OF ZONING APPEAL
831 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, MA.
617) 349-6100
The Board of Zoning Appeal will hold a Virtual Public Meeting, THURSDAY – MAY 9, 2024. Members of the public can participate or view the meeting remotely using the Zoom Webinar link: https://cambridgema.zoom.us/j/85299551558
Or join by phone: Dial +1 929 436 2866 or +1 301 715 8592 – Webinar ID: 852 9955 1558
6:30 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-264436 40 GRANITE STREET Residence C Zone
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE – C/O IRAM FAROOQ, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
Variance: To continue Saturday use of area as a farmers’ market, starting June through November, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM as previously approved by the BZA in 2013, case #10399, and in 2018, case #017109-2019.
Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.36.a (Open Lot Retail sales Establishment). & Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance).
6:45 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-264704 39 SAVILLE STREET Residence B Zone
SUZANNE N. HABER & WILLIAM L. THOMPSON – C/O SARAH L. RHATIGAN, ESQ.
Special Permit: Rear addition to non-conforming two-family structure increasing Gross Floor Area/Floor Area Ratio and new skylight within setback on different wall. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements).
Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.d (Non-Conforming Two-Family Structure). Sec. 8.22.2.c (New Window Within Setback). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).
7:00 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-264622 70 INMAN STREET Residence C-1 Zone
SUSAN SCHWEITZER
Variance: Construction of a two-story addition to an existing 2-family dwelling.
Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.3 (Non-Conforming Structure). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance).
7:15 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-265150 2 PARKWAY TERRACE Residence A-2 Zone ADRINA DEVITRE & SHAHZAD SHAEFI – C/O JAMES J. RAFFERTY, ESQ.
Special Permit: To build a conforming addition to a pre-existing nonconforming single-family residence. The proposed addition does not increase the nature of the existing nonconformity, nor does it increase the structure by more than 25% since it first became nonconforming. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.c (Non-Conforming Structure).
Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).
7:30 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-263613 73 FAYETTE STREET – Unit 1 Residence C-1 Zone TOMAS & ELIZABETH WALSH – C/O EDRICK VANBEUZEKOM, ARCHITECT
Variance: Enclosure of existing covered porch within existing non-conforming footprint of building. No increase of non-conformity with the exception of its gross floor area. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements).
Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.3 (Non-Conforming Structure). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance).
TO VIEW BZA CASE APPLICATIONS, PLANS & SUBMISSIONS, GO TO: https://www.cambridgema.gov/inspection/zoning.aspx at top of page, click “Calendar” > Click hearing date > Click “Board of Zoning Appeal Agenda.” Any information filed after the agenda has been posted can be viewed at the Inspectional Services Department located at 831 Mass Avenue, Cambridge by appointment only. Copies of this petition are also on file in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Cambridge, MA. Interested persons may provide comments to the Board of Zoning Appeal by participating during the hearing and/or may provide written comments for the Board’s consideration by mailing or delivering them to the attention of the Secretary, Board of Zoning Appeal,
831 Mass Avenue, 02139 or by emailing them to mpacheco@cambridgema.gov. Comments must be submitted prior to the Hearing and include the Case Number. Continued cases are not re-advertised but are posted on the office board at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall & on the same BZA Web Page 48 hours prior to hearing.
Public Notice
Relative to Zoning
City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Office of the City Clerk
The Ordinance Committee, comprised of the entire membership of the City Council, will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 11:00a.m., on a Zoning Petition by the City Council to amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance in Articles 2.000, 4.000, 5.000, 6.000, 11.000, 13.000, 14.000, 17.000, 20.000, and 22.000 with the intent of (a) removing references to “degree of kinship” from the definitions of “Family” and “Lodging House;” (b) deleting the definition of “Group Quarters;” (c) creating definitions for “Residence,” “Transient Accommodation,” “Rooming Unit,” “Guest Unit,” “Tourist House,” and “Hotel or Motel;” (d) defining and categorizing “Lodging House” as a residence and “Tourist House” and “Hotel or Motel” as transient accommodations; and (e) amending other Sections of the Zoning Ordinance for consistency with those amended definitions.
This public hearing will be hybrid allowing participation in the Sullivan Chamber, City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA and remotely via ZOOM. The ZOOM URL to view the meeting is https://cambridgema.zoom.us/s/97895847144. If you would like to speak at this Public Hearing, please register to do so using this URL:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/CityCouncil/PublicCommentSignUpForm. You may also email comments to the City Clerk at Cityclerk@cambridgema.gov.
To request a copy of the amendment in full, e-mail City Clerk, Diane LeBlanc at DLeBlanc@Cambridgema.gov. Copies are also available at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and online at www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/zoninganddevelopment/zoning/amendments.
The City of Cambridge will provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities upon request. Please contact the City Clerk at 617-349-4260 or at DLeBlanc@Cambridgema.gov.
For the Committee,
Vice Mayor Marc McGovern, Co-Chair
Councillor Paul Toner, Co-Chair
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