Government
(meetings, communications, and candidates)

(This page updated March 30, 2005)

* = item from another part of this website, cross-indexed here for convenience.

2005

• March 28, 2005 Comments on Revised Activity and Use Limitation - Grace site - Alice Wolf, State Representative
• March 10, 2005 Comments on Revised Activity and Use Limitation - Grace site - Anne Paulsen, State Representative

2004

• August 22, 2004 Cambridge Discovery Park Request for Phase One Waiver - Letter - Executive office of Environmental Affairs

2002

• Oct. 17, 200 Trolley Square Committee Meeting - City of Cambridge
• May 8, 2002 Proposed Extension to Alewife/Upper Mystic CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Variance - Letter - Department of Environmental Protection
• May 8, 2002 Proposed Extension to Alewife/Upper Mystic CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Variance - Details - Department of Environmental Protection
• May 8, 2002 Proposed Extension to Alewife/Upper Mystic CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Variance - Public notice - Department of Environmental Protection
• May 8, 2002 Responses to Comments on Proposed Extension to Alewife/Upper Mystic CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Variance - Department of Environmental Protection
• Mar. 7, 2002 Trolley Square Committee meeting - notice - March 7, 2002 - City of Cambridge
• Jan. 24, 2002 Cambridge sewer separation / Alewife Brook sewer overflow - City of Cambridge and the MWRA meeting

2001

• Oct. 3, 2001 Fresh Pond Master Plan - City of Cambridge meeting
• Sept. 25, 2001 Alewife Options - meeting hosted by Belmont selectmen
• Sept. 19, 2001 Cambridge Health Department to W. R. Grace - final decision on trench
• Aug. 2, 2001 Cambridge Health Department to W. R. Grace - draft decision on trench
• Aug. 2, 2001 Cambridge Health Department to W. R. Grace - cover letter on trench
• Jul. 27, 2001 W. R. Grace to Cambridge Health Department - letter on trench.
• Jul. 24, 2001 Cambridge City Council; Neighborhood and Long Term Planning Committee meeting - on W. R. Grace and asbestos; letters from W. R. Grace saying it would not attend.
• Jul. 24, 2001 Cambridge City Council; Neighborhood and Long Term Planning Committee meeting - on W. R. Grace and asbestos
• Jun. 14, 2001 State Representative Alice Wolf to Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) - letter on utility trench
• Jun. 14, 2001 State Representative Alice Wolf to W. R. Grace - letter on utility trench
• Jun. 4, 2001 W. R. Grace utility trench - Cambridge City Council order
• Apr. 23, 2001 W. R. Grace Enhanced In-Situ Bioremediation Release Abatement Measure (RAM) Plan - Cambridge Conservation Commission meeting
• Apr. 17, 2001 Amendment of zoning map south of the Concord Turnpike and north of Little River - Planning Board meeting
• Mar. 21, 2001 Alewife Petition - Community Feedback to Ordinance Committee
• Mar. 19, 2001 No Immediate Health Risk Found from Asbestos at W.R. Grace Site in Cambridge - EPA press release
• * Mar. 13, 2001 Commentary on Weston assessment, for EPA, on W. R. Grace site - by GeoInsight for Alewife Neighbors Inc.
• Mar. 3 2001, Linear Park landscaping, Community Development Department meeting
• Feb. 21 2001, Assessment of Sampling From W.R. Grace site in North Cambridge - EPA press release
• Feb. 2001, complete February 2001 preliminary report and GPS sample locations, from Roy. F. Weston Inc., to EPA, on Grace site.
• Jan. 31 2001, West Nile Virus community forum, Cambridge Public Health Department - notice
• Jan. 29 2001, Mugar Site Arlington, community feedback to Arlington Conservation Commission

2000

• Dec. 20 2000, West Nile Virus conference, Holyoke Community College, Northampton
• Dec. 13 2000, Sewer-separation and storm drain public hearing, City and MWRA, in Arlington
• Dec. 7 2000, Sewer-separation and storm drain public hearing, Cambridge and MWRA - notes
• Nov. 20 2000, proposed detention basin and storm drains for Alewife Brook and Little River; small map - Cambridge Conservation Commission and Department of Public Works
• Nov. 20 2000, proposed detention basin and storm drains for Alewife Brook and Little River; large(156K) map - Cambridge Conservation Commission and Department of Public Works
• Nov. 15 2000, designate Alewife area an Area of Critical Environmental Concern? - State Representative Alice Wolf
• Nov. 7 2000, job posting, Boston Harbor Watershed Team Leader - deadline Nov. 24 - EOEA/MWI
• Oct. 30 2000, planned W. R. Grace utility trench - comment by EPA On-Scene Coordinator Mary Ellen Stanton
• *Oct. 30 2000, planned W. R. Grace utility trench near Whittemore buildings
  - last day for public comments to the Cambridge Public Health Department
• Oct. 17 2000, meeting on the Cambridge Citywide Rezoning petition (first of a series), held by various City of Cambridge departments
• Oct. 9 2000, last date for comments on Mugar site - to MEPA EOEA (information from East Arlington Good Neighbors Committee)
• Oct. 4 2000, comments on Mugar site - see Oct. 9
• Oct. 5 2000, Mugar site - Arlington Conservation Commission meeting (related to Oct. 9 date for comments - see above)
• Sept. 27 2000, Stormwater runoff in Alewife area - City Council Health and Environment Committee
• Sept. 14 2000, Cornerstone Cohousing parking, 171-273 Harvey St./131 Jackson St. - Board of Zoning Appeals
• Sept. 7 2000, Alewife Reservation / Arthur D. Little parking - Metropolitan District Commission meeting notes
• Sept. 7 2000, Mugar parcel, undeveloped land along Route 2 - Arlington Conservation Commission
• Sept. 5 2000, Testing soil at W. R. Grace site - EPA press release
• Aug. 29 2000, Mosquito Spraying Planned in Cambridge Aug. 30 & Sept. 1 - Health Department notice
• June 13 2000, onsite at 30 Cambridge Park Drive, Oaktree Development - DEP (Department of Environmental Protection)
• June 10 2000, Growth Management Public Meeting - Community Development Department and Citywide Growth Management Advisory Committee.
• May 24 2000, EPA plans preliminary assessment and site inspection at W. R. Grace site - letter from Mindy Lubber of EPA
  These political representatives were instrumental in helping to achieve this EPA review:
  U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Representative Michael A. Capuano, State Representative Timothy Toomey, State Representative Alice K. Wolf (see April 24 letter), State Senator Steven Tolman (see April 21 letter), City Councilor Jim Braude. (Copies of available letters are on this site.)
• May 15 and 16 2000, Yoder Petition to downzone Alewife Reservation area - letter from Conservation Commission to Planning Board
• May 10 2000, Yoder Petition to downzone Alewife Reservation area - City Council Ordinance Committee
• May 2 2000, 30 Cambridgepark Drive, Oaktree development, Flood Plain Special Permit granted with conditions - Planning Board
• May 2 2000, Yoder Petition to downzone Alewife Reservation area - Planning Board
• April 24 2000, Alice Wolf, State Representative - Request to EPA to intervene and oversee at W. R. Grace site
• April 21 2000, Steven Tolman, State Senator - Request to EPA to intervene and oversee at W. R. Grace site
• April 10 2000, Resolution on watershed, Friends of Alewife, etc. - City Council
• Mar. 14 2000, flood plain permit meeting notes at 30 Cambridge Park Drive, Oaktree Development - Conservation Commission
• Mar. 14 2000, flood plain permit meeting - what was expected at 30 Cambridge Park Drive, Oaktree Development - Conservation Commission
• Mar. 3 2000, flood plain permit consultant's report for 30 Cambridge Park Drive, Oaktree Development - report to Conservation Commission
• Feb. 14 2000, Linear Park area zoning ordinance passed - City Council
• Feb. 14 2000, flood plain permit at 30 Cambridge Park Drive, Oaktree Development - Conservation Commission
  * Notes from the meeting
• Feb. 1 2000, Alewife Reservation downzoning, Yoder Petition - Planning Board

1999

• Dec. 21 1999, flood plain permit at 30 CambridgePark Drive, Oaktree Development - Planning Board
• Dec. 16 1999, Alewife Reservation / Arthur D. Little parking - City Council Environmental Subcommittee
• Nov. 1 1999, asbestos protection ordinance passed - Cambridge City Council
• Sept. 16 1999, Genetics Institute, CambridgePark Drive, excavation - Pole and Conduit Commission
• Sept. 16 1999, City Council candidates answers
• Sept. 16 1999, Alewife Reservation / Arthur D. Little parking notes - Metropolitan District Commission
• Sept. 14 1999, Alewife Reservation / Arthur D. Little parking notes - Metropolitan District Commission
• Sept. 14 1999, Alewife Reservation / Arthur D. Little parking press release - Metropolitan District Commission
• Sept. 14 1999, City Council candidates forum questions from Alewife Study Group
• Jan. 6 1999, W. R. Grace site area zoning petition rejected - Cambridge City Council

1997

• Feb. 18 and 19 1997, W. R. Grace site buffer zone / moratorium petition - Cambridge Planning Board and Cambridge City Council's Ordinance Committee

1996

• * Nov. 4 1996, W. R. Grace site development; temporary moratorium - Cambridge City Council
• * Oct. 28 1996, W. R. Grace area development; temporary buffer zone - Cambridge City Council

1995

• * Sept. 18 1995, W. R. Grace Site Advisory Committee created - Cambridge City Council

* = item from another part of this website, cross-indexed here for convenience.

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