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File #: 25-1358    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 8/26/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/28/2025 Final action: 8/28/2025
Enactment date: 8/28/2025 Enactment #: 219363
Title: Requesting that this Council convene in Executive Session to discuss techniques for incentivizing tenant recruitment to vacant laboratory space.  
Code sections: Executive Session -

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Requesting that this Council convene in Executive Session to discuss techniques for incentivizing tenant recruitment to vacant laboratory space.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council convene in Executive Session  per G. L. c. 30A, Section 21(a)(6), to discuss available tools and potential strategies for using tax incentives to attract tenants to fill the 1.8M square feet of vacant life science space in the City. Discussion in open session may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the City of Somerville. 

 

Appropriate staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor