City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 203966

• File #: 203966
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 8/12/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/24/2017
• Final action: 11/21/2017
• Enactment date: 8/24/2017
• Enactment #: 203966
• Title: That the Administration update this Board on the request that the FAA reject any design of the Millennium Tower in Boston that includes 775 feet of height, which would lead to more traffic on Logan Airport's Runway 33L.
• Sponsors: Mary Jo Rossetti, John M. Connolly, William A. White Jr., Dennis M. Sullivan, Lance L. Davis

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/21/2017	5	City Council	Work completed
11/15/2017	4	Public Health and Public Safety Committee	Work completed
10/4/2017	3	Public Health and Public Safety Committee	Kept in committee
8/24/2017	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the Administration update this Board on the request that the FAA reject any design of the Millennium Tower in Boston that includes 775 feet of height, which would lead to more traffic on Logan Airport's Runway 33L.

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Official Text

That the Administration update this Board regarding the request that the FAA reject any design of the Millennium Tower in downtown Boston which would be 775 feet tall, as more traffic would likely be allocated to Runway 33L if such a design is approved. 

(MassPort objects to this design <https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/01/12/massport-objects-height-winthrop-square-skyscraper/vmdSvdjAizyrco3bH7mF4L/story.html> because a tower of that height, two miles west of Logan, would "block a popular takeoff corridor and probably lead to more noisy air traffic over Boston’s northern and western suburbs.")  <https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/01/12/massport-objects-height-winthrop-square-skyscraper/vmdSvdjAizyrco3bH7mF4L/story.html>