We've made it on to #4, appointments to the Commercial Parking Control Committee, which includes a brief diversion of inquiries from CZ about membership in A Better Cambridge and Cambridge Bike Safety, with various degrees of pushback from MM and BZ about the appropriateness of that.
#5 EDS: "If members want to start gambling, we can start contributing to this fund in a more aggressive way."
At 8:40pm I got into a long conversation that distracted me from the meeting so the absence of posts in the past hour is not indicative. Sorry? They're now on the RLUIPA-focused zoning amendment permitting religious uses more expansively than before.
Now up, the Biomed / Community Benefits morass.
Apparently Biomed agrees to pay some of is benefits faster than previously agreed-to:
Toner is opposed to the Biomed deal, because he feels like the project only garnered support because of East End House and they're not getting what was originally offered and agreed to.
And there we are. The Biomed / East Cambridge Community Enhancement Overlay district zoning is ordained 8-1 (PFT against). The Council then votes to finalize it.
That's the City Manager's agenda. EDS: "Don't leave Mr. City Manager, we have other fun things."
1 and 2 having passed, here we are on the St. James church/condominium conflict.
