 | Newsletter #48 May 5, 2025 https://alewife.org |
The ASG Newsletter includes the following announcements:
- Planning Board hearing on Floodplain Overlay and Bicycle Parking plans for IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond Project – Tue May 6, at 6:30pm on Zoom
- Cambridge Joint Transportation Committees met on April 24 to review parts of IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond plans
Planning Board hearing on Floodplain Overlay and Bicycle parking plans for IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond Project – Tue May 6, at 6:30pm on Zoom
The Cambridge Planning Board will hold a hearing this Tuesday on the “Special Permit application by IQHQ-Alewife LLC to improve the area around Jerry’s Pond with pedestrian paths, boardwalks, pavilion, and landscaping pursuant to Sections 6.108, Modification of Bicycle Parking Requirements, and 20.70 Floodplain Overlay District.”
The Floodplain Overlay permit is to make sure IQHQ’s plans include compensatory flood storage for extra soil added along Rindge Avenue (to better support trees and plants), and for posts installed in the ground (to support decks and boardwalks).
Click on these links to:
- Register
- See the Agenda
- See Meeting Materials – This includes IQHQ’s application documents, and memos from the Cambridge Community Development Department, Department of Public Works, and Bicycle Committee.
The hearing will include time for public comments. You can also email written comments to planningboardcomment@cambridgema.gov. To be considered during the hearing, written comments must be submitted by 5:00pm on Monday, May 5.
The Conservation Commission approved IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond improvements in February 2024. The Floodplain Overlay Special Permit is one of the environmental permits IQHQ needs before they can begin construction. IQHQ has said that they hope to begin construction of the Jerry’s Pond improvements in the summer or fall of this year, 2025.
For more information on the Conservation Commission hearings on IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond plans, see ASG Newsletters #31-36.
For more information on IQHQ’s Floodplain Overlay Permit process, see ASG Newsletter #38.
Cambridge Joint Transportation Committees met on Thursday, April 24, to review parts of IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond plans
At the April 24 meeting of the Cambridge Joint Transportation Committees, IQHQ presented their planned improvements to Jerry’s Pond for bicycle, pedestrian, and multi-use paths, plus bicycle parking, community meeting space, and seating options. Click here for the slides (start on slide 16).
IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond improvement plans were approved by the Conservation Commission in February 2024. However, the Transportation Committees requested that IQHQ present updates to its Jerry’s Pond plans since IQHQ last met with these committees on November 11, 2023. After this meeting, the Bicycle Committee submitted a memo to the Planning Board for its May 6 hearing on IQHQ’s plans. See Meeting Materials for this memo and others.