Posts from April 2019

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• • Update on the Affordable Housing Overlay (3)
  • Jan Devereux
  • April 26th, 2019
  Over the past two months the Housing Committee has held six public hearings on a proposal to create a new set of zoning regulations intended to spur the creation of more permanently affordable housing citywide. Such developments, whether new construction or the redevelopment of existing buildings, would be allowed to be significantly larger than what […]
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• • City Council Agenda Highlights (4/29/19) (0)
  • Jan Devereux
  • April 26th, 2019
  The Cambridge City Council will meet on Monday, April 29, 2019, at 5:30pm for a meeting whose agenda is less jam-packed than in prior weeks. City Manager’s Agenda #3 Food Pantry Grant: $15K from the Cambridge Health Alliance to support our food pantry network. #5 Low Income Heating Assistance Grant: $126,943 for benefits ranging from […]
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• • City Council Agenda Highlights (4/22/19) (0)
  • Jan Devereux
  • April 19th, 2019
  The Cambridge City Council will hold a regular meeting on Monday. April 22, 2019, at 5:30pm. The agenda is posted here. It is long because last week was a holiday and it’s the beginning of “budget season” so there are many (9) requests to borrow money for capital projects in the next fiscal year (FY20). […]
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• • Cycling Safety Ordinance Passes (0)
  • Jan Devereux
  • April 15th, 2019
  On April 8 we adopted the Cycling Safety Ordinance, which has drawn national media attention as a “historic” and “the first of its kind” step toward recognizing that a network of physically protected bike lanes should become a standard part of safe street design in cities, just like sidewalks. I’m proud to have been one […]
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