00:26:51 Lee Farris: Is there an agenda? Is public comment after the presentation? 00:29:45 Ofer Inbar: What did Evan say he's from? 00:30:36 Drew Kane, City of Cambridge: Evan is from the Zoning & Development Division at CDD 00:30:50 Lee Farris: What is the name of the consultant group? 00:30:58 Ofer Inbar: Ahh he said CDD, but didn't say what CDD means - can you tell us? 00:31:13 Drew Kane, City of Cambridge: Community Development Department. Thanks for asking! 00:31:28 Ofer Inbar: Reacted to "Community Developmen..." with πŸ‘ 00:31:38 Drew Kane, City of Cambridge: Replying to "What is the name of ..." Agency Landscape + Planning 00:31:53 Elsa Mark-Ng (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to "Agency Landscape + P..." with πŸ‘ 00:32:44 Dan Totten: Why is the Vail Court parcel not part of the β€œcurrent area of focus” ? It seems like a huge missed opportunity 00:34:51 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Replying to "Why is the Vail Cour..." Hi Dan, we're logging the comments here, but can talk more about this in the break-out room sessions shortly! 00:34:57 frank shirley: when were notices sent to abutters of this rezoning area for the prior meetings? 00:35:55 James Mabardy: I own the parcel where Western Ave & River St come together...currently an Enterprise Rent A Car...I would ask that my parcel be included in this "zoning overlay". Not sure where/when to submit this request...apologize if chat is not the right place. 00:36:01 Edward Henley: And live heree. 00:36:14 Melissa Peters: Reacted to "I own the parcel whe..." with πŸ‘πŸΌ 00:36:19 Dan Totten: Reacted to "And live heree." with πŸ‘ 00:36:56 Drew Kane, City of Cambridge: Replying to "when were notices se..." This is the first meeting for this project. 00:40:19 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Hi everyone - For those who arrived after we began, I'm sharing here a very brief, optional demographic survey that we're using to understand who is participating in the meeting tonight. Thanks for coming! 00:40:23 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LPWJK3J 00:41:19 Mark Newhall: Reacted to "Hi everyone - For th..." with πŸ‘πŸΌ 00:42:11 Ofer Inbar: Replying to " https://www.surveym..." Copy & paste is disabled on this chat, so I can't get the URL to a browser elsewhere. It also doesn't allow "copy link". Are you able to change this and allow us to copy text from the chat? 00:43:41 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Replying to " https://www.surveym..." Hmm, thank you for pointing that out! We will trouble shoot it. If we can't change it in the middle of the meeting, we will try again in the break-out rooms too. We'll work on that now tho! 00:51:12 Jean Cummings: The 3D map showing max heightsβ€”it would be great to have existing shown there as well. 00:51:20 Robin Brenner: Is 80/20 for developers cast in stone and if so, why? Why not 50/50? Or another ratio to encourage affordable housing.Do we know anything about current vacancy rates due to how expensive Cambridge is in general? 00:51:43 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to "The 3D map showing m..." with πŸ‘ 00:52:09 Robin Brenner: Why higher buildings? Why not change the 80/20 percentages to gain more affordability? 00:52:41 Dan Totten: Would new hotel & Air BnB developments be allowed to take advantage of taller heights that are intended to produce additional housing? 00:53:04 Robin Brenner: Good point Dan. 00:54:11 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Hi Robin and Dan! We welcome your comments here and they're very helpful for us for the project, but we're going to hold answers to some of the more complex questions for the break-out rooms where we'll have time for discussion... thank you! We hope you'll be staying and joining for the break-outs! 00:54:29 Dan Totten: Reacted to "Hi Robin and Dan! We..." with πŸ‘ 00:54:41 lawrence Adkins: Why follow the past majority council less parking or the staging for vehicle relief needed with all these changes. 00:54:55 Nancy Ryan: More than 90 studios at Mass and Main 00:57:44 Lee Farris: Why do hotels get the same zoning as housing? They are not providing homes to residents? 00:59:09 Dan Totten: Replying to "Why do hotels get th..." Hotels are a way that developers can skirt our inclusionary zoning requirements - they are much more profitable than residential housing. And the hotel that was recently built is really more of an air bnb farm. They should be restricted and not allowed to take advantage of greater heights 00:59:37 Andy Nash: Replying to "Why do hotels get th..." Agree. 01:00:55 lawrence Adkins: The capacities in Central Sq. for Fire. Police, Ambulances are already at max: what are you volunteering to surpass current service responses. 01:01:59 Lee Farris: can you put that in chat so we can click on it? 01:02:15 Randa Ghattas: I don't think I got the first survey to work for me. I filled it out but then it came back empty and wouldn't let me fill it out again 01:02:24 Elsa Mark-Ng (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: https://www.slido.com/ 01:02:37 Elsa Mark-Ng (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: #1456 621 01:03:08 Qumrunnessa Huda: housing, open space 01:03:39 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Thanks everyone! If anyone is having trouble with Slido, you can put your answers here, too as Qumrunnessa did 01:03:46 Rabbi Yoni: tenant right to counsel for incluisionary tenants 01:04:06 Rabbi Yoni: protection against retaliation 01:04:43 Melissa Peters: Reacted to "tenant right to coun..." with πŸ‘πŸΌ 01:04:43 Rabbi Yoni: oversight by cdd of managment discrimination against tenants 01:05:06 Rabbi Yoni: Limit to 6 stories 01:05:46 Sheila Headley: A more uniformed environment, a better looking more attractive canvas to look at and drive through. 01:06:20 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: "Lower density", putting the spoken comment here so it is recorded. 01:06:28 Elsa Mark-Ng (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to ""Lower density", put..." with πŸ‘ 01:06:47 Edward Henley: new to this. not sure are we sharing our concerns or tapping off a list 01:06:51 Rabbi Yoni: protections for tenants in lease addendum & zoning 01:07:15 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Thanks Edward! This question is general interest, but a teaser that the next one up is a chance to voice concerns 01:07:20 Rabbi Yoni: benefit to owner if renew same tenants 01:08:27 Jamaica Reese-Julien (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: "Green space lost" - recorded spoken comment 01:08:37 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to ""Green space lost" -..." with πŸ‘ 01:09:03 Qumrunnessa Huda: density and high rise building is concern 01:09:08 Jamaica Reese-Julien (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: "air quality lost" "connectivity lost" 01:09:24 Jamaica Reese-Julien (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: "ability to see the sky lost" 01:09:26 Mohammed Uddin: Parking 01:09:42 Jamaica Reese-Julien (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: "Parking (problem on cherry st)" 01:10:26 Jamaica Reese-Julien (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: "tenant rights" "protections against retaliation" 01:11:06 Ethan Frank: NIMBY Sortof a rude term :( but I get the idea 01:11:14 Jean Cummings: It’s interesting that NIMBY is here when Affordable Housing was by far the most cited interest in the former question 01:11:28 Ofer Inbar: I tried to add "Starlight closing" as a concern, but I don't see it show up in the word cloud? 01:11:47 Gerald Bergman: Continued loss of diversity by race, age assets 01:12:04 Elsa Mark-Ng (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: Replying to "I tried to add "Star..." Thank you! It will be logged here in the chat 01:12:17 Dan Totten: I’m concerned that it will be hard to upzone the square without losing cultural institutions such as the Middle East and the Cantab. I know that zoning doesn’t control how businesses operate, but owners will be incentivized to close cultural spaces if they can make more money redeveloping the building. I like Central Square as a nightlife and cultural destination. How do we ensure we don’t lose what is special? 01:12:47 Thomas Worth: Moving it further is LITERALLY not-in-your-back-yard. 01:12:54 Ariel Jacobs: Reacted to "Moving it further is..." with πŸ˜‚ 01:12:59 Ariel Jacobs: Reacted to "Moving it further is..." with πŸ‘ 01:13:02 Joan Whitaker: Reacted to "Moving it further is…" with πŸ‘ 01:13:13 Ofer Inbar: Replying to "I tried to add "Star..." Oh it's there now, it came back 01:13:18 Nate Ruffle-Deignan: Reacted to "Moving it further is…" with πŸ‘ 01:13:19 Elsa Mark-Ng (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to "Oh it's there now, i..." with πŸ‘ 01:13:58 Lauren Reznick: Reacted to "Moving it further is..." with πŸ‘ 01:14:56 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to "Oh it's there now, i..." with πŸ‘ 01:44:22 shelley rieman: The technology and organization of the program is super! Thank you. 01:44:24 Lee Farris: How long is each report back? 01:44:41 Dan Totten: Reacted to "The technology and o..." with πŸ‘ 01:45:03 Ethan Frank: add πŸ‘ 01:45:29 Mason Kortz: Reacted to "The technology and o..." with πŸ‘ 01:47:07 Melissa Peters: 2-3 min 01:47:16 Melissa Peters: Reacted to "The technology and o..." with πŸ‘πŸΌ 01:47:18 Edward Henley: Curious George store was supposed to come to central square. 01:47:42 Rachel Nardin: Reacted to "Curious George store..." with πŸ˜€ 01:50:00 Denise Haynes: Spaces for elderly housing, grocery store, small business - Group#2 01:50:24 Robin Brenner: Yes, Denise! Perfect! 01:50:32 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to "Spaces for elderly h..." with πŸ‘ 01:51:48 Lauren Reznick: Thank You Elsa. 01:51:56 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to "Thank You Elsa." with ❀️ 01:51:58 Elsa Mark-Ng (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to "Thank You Elsa." with ❀️ 01:52:46 Jamaica Reese-Julien (she/her) | Agency Landscape + Planning: Reacted to "Thank You Elsa." with ❀️ 01:52:46 Lauren Reznick: Will there be focus groups with residents? 01:54:16 Jean Cummings: Reacted to "Will there be focus ..." with πŸ‘ 01:54:17 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: And if anyone missed this before, here is the demographic survey one more time - apologies we have not yet been able make this be a life link - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LPWJK3J 01:55:45 M. Catherine: Thank you, All! 01:55:47 Sheila Headley: Hoping we keep the zoning at a lower level for open space and less congestion. Air Quality!! 01:55:56 Brie Hensold, Agency Landscape + Planning: Thank you everyone! 01:55:57 Ariel Jacobs: Thanks!