VIrtual CRA meetings and Public Participation Guide

On February 15, 2022, Governor Baker signed into law a new session law which extends certain COVID-19 related measures. The new law, Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2022, 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.

NEXT MEETING

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2022

CRA REGULAR BOARD MEETING

5:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.

MEETING LOCATION - VIRTUAL

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__qvMrJsHSdqjj7tVpBoNPw

or join via phone at 1-301-715-8592

Webinar ID: 839 9677 0911 

Passcode: 943834

MEETING FILES

• Revised Notice and Agenda

• APPROVED Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board on May 18, 2022

• Notes of the Design Review Meeting on May 4, 2022

  • Design Review Meeting occurred on May 4th, NOT 8th, as indicated on the agenda

• Planning Board transcripts for the April 12, 2022 Joint Meeting with the Cambridge Planning Board as the official CRA Board meeting minute.

• Planning Board transcripts for the April 19, 2022 Joint Meeting with the Cambridge Planning Board as the official CRA Board meeting minutes

• Staff Program Report

• Financial Report

• Proposed 2022 Budget Amendment

• Draft 325 Main Street Certificate of Completion

• Presentation: Schematic Design for Danny Lewin Park renovations

  • Staff memo

• Memo regarding a feasibility study of transit service on the Grand Junction

PRESENTATIONS AND HANDOUTS

• BXP Innovation Space - Kendall Public Market Update

• Signage for Silicon Valley Bank

• Danny Lewin Park Schematic Design Presentation

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.