City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 193585

• File #: 193585
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Placed on File
• File created: 8/10/2012
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/16/2012
• Final action: 10/2/2012
• Enactment date: N/A
• Enactment #: 193585
• Title: Requesting approval of the Union Square Revitalization Plan, per MGL c121B s48 and 760 CMR 12.00 et seq.
• Code sections: Miscellaneous -
• Related files: 193823

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/2/2012	10	City Council	Placed on file
9/27/2012	9	City Council	Laid on the table
9/19/2012	8	Housing and Community Development Committee	Kept in committee
9/19/2012	5	Housing and Community Development Committee	Kept in committee
9/13/2012	7	Housing and Community Development Committee	Kept in committee
8/16/2012	4	City Council	Referred for recommendation

  Agenda Text

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Requesting approval of the Union Square Revitalization Plan, per MGL c121B s48 and 760 CMR 12.00 et seq.

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Official Text

To the Honorable Board:

Per the regulations of MGL Section 121B (Housing and Urban Renewal), and 760 CMR 12 (Urban Renewal Regulations) I am submitting for approval to your Honorable Board the Union Square Revitalization Plan. 

Approval of this plan will allow the City to honor its obligations under the recent Memorandum of Agreement between the City, MassDOT and the MBTA for construction of the new Union Square Green Line station.  The plan will also facilitate transit-oriented development of land in Union Square, supported by the new station, and generate new jobs and state and local tax revenue.  The plan facilitates the implementation of goals for Union Square from the 2012 SomerVision plan, the 2009 Union Square Rezoning, and many other area planning efforts in recent years.

The regulations will require the Board to schedule a public hearing on this plan.

I look forward to the opportunity to further discuss this plan with the Board.

Respectfully submitted,

Joseph A. Curtatone

Mayor

NOTE: See #193823 for the approved text.