VIrtual CRA meetings and Public Participation Guide
On February 15, 2022, Governor Baker signed into law Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2022, which includes an extension until July 15, 2022, of the remote meeting provisions of the Governor’s March 12, 2020, Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law.
This Joint Board meeting can be viewed online or on Cambridge cable television. To attend the meeting virtually, online or by telephone, visit the City’s Open Meeting Portal. For more information, including how to offer public comment during the meeting, visit Remote Planning Board Meetings. (www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/zoninganddevelopment/planningboard/remoteplanningboardmeetings) or call the Community Development Department at 617-349-4668.
The public may provide comments by 5:00 P.M. the day before the meeting by emailing PlanningBoardComment@CambridgeMA.gov and Planning@CambridgeRedevelopment.org.
TUesday,
APRIL 12, 2022
Joint CRA and Planning Board Meeting
6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
The Cambridge Redevelopment Authority is a “local public body” for the purpose of the Open Meeting Law pursuant to M. G. L. c. 30A, § 18.
M. G. L. c. 30A, § 20, provides in relevant part:
(b) Except in an emergency, in addition to any notice otherwise required by law, a public body shall post notice of every meeting at least 48 hours prior to such meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. In an emergency, a public body shall post notice as soon as reasonably possible prior to such meeting. Notice shall be printed in a legible, easily understandable format and shall contain the date, time and place of such meeting and a listing of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting.
(c) For meetings of a local public body, notice shall be filed with the municipal clerk and posted in a manner conspicuously visible to the public at all hours in or on the municipal building in which the clerk’s office is located.
It is the policy of the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority to provide notice at least 7 calendar days prior to its meetings whenever practicable.