Matters ▸ Attachment
Presentation on GLX Infrastructure and Zoning 10-16 — File 202207
Delivering on SomerVision:
GLX, Infrastructure & Zoning
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone
October 13, 2016
Our SomerVision commitments
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The numbers
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The map
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The values
Fiscal
sustainability
Social equity
Public health
and safety
Environmental
sustainability
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Delivering on SomerVision requires
private investment
Without private investment:
– No commercial development no new jobs
– City alone responsible for acquiring land for and
developing 125 acres of open space a $500 million
liability
– No new inclusionary housing units City alone
responsible for $400+ million liability for affordable
housing
– City alone must pay for all transportation,
infrastructure, and mobility improvements
– No development in transformative areas
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Delivering on SomerVision:
3 key commitments
GLX
Zoning
Infrastructure
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Delivering on SomerVision:
3 key commitments
GLX
Zoning
Infrastructure
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GLX
• Increases share of residents
within 10‐minute walk of a
rapid transit station from
15% to 85%
• Adds 45,000 daily rapid
transit trips
– 26,000 cars off the road every
day
• Attracts private investment
in areas to transform and
enhance
– Commercial jobs, linkage
– Residential inclusionary
housing
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GLX
Fiscal sustainability
• Grows tax base: additional $745
to $772 million in property tax
revenue over 30 years
• Shifts tax burden to commercial
sector
Social equity
• Creates jobs & improves access
to employment opportunities
• Creates affordable housing
• Reduces residential share of tax
burden
Public health and safety
• Reduces air pollutants caused by
vehicle emissions
• Mitigates flood hazard
Environmental sustainability
• Reduces GHG emissions
• Reduces climate change
vulnerability
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GLX timeline
Date
Action
September 2016
MassDOT Board/FMCB approves initiation of procurement process;
Cambridge City Council votes to approve local financing
October 2016
Phase 1 of MassDOT procurement process (LOI) begins;
MassDOT hiring project team
November 2016
Administration submits bond authorization request (with full
presentation); BOA deliberation and vote
December 2016
MassDOT initiates phase 2 of procurement process (RFQ)
Q4 2017
MassDOT initiates phase 3 of procurement process (RFP)
Q4 2018
MassDOT selects construction team, issues Notice to Proceed (NTP)
Q1 2019
Construction begins
2022
All stations complete
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Delivering on SomerVision:
3 key commitments
GLX
Zoning
Infrastructure:
Union Square
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USQ utility infrastructure
• Improves sewer service
for ~19,000 households
• Stops sending 2 million
gallons of groundwater
and stormwater daily to
Deer Island (long term)
• Fulfills obligations to
MWRA & DEP
• Attracts private
investment in USQ
– Commercial jobs, linkage
– Residential inclusionary
housing
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USQ streetscape infrastructure
• Implements USQ
Neighborhood Plan
• Creates a vibrant public
realm
• Creates complete streets
for all users
• Expands tree canopy
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USQ infrastructure
Fiscal sustainability
• Grows tax base & shifts tax
burden to commercial sector
• Reduces spending on
infrastructure failures
Social equity
• Creates jobs
• Creates affordable housing
• Reduces residential share of tax
burden
Public health and safety
• Reduces flooding and sewer
backups
• Makes streets safer: more
walkable, bikeable & vibrant
fewer crashes, less crime
Environmental sustainability
• Reduces GHG emissions
• Improves quality of our waterways
• Reduces energy wasted
unnecessarily processing
groundwater and stormwater
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USQ infrastructure timeline
Date
Action
Summer 2015 ‐ Fall 2016
Utility engineering
December 2016
Utility bid set complete
February 2017
Administration submits utility bond authorization request
(with full presentation); BOA deliberation
February/March 2017
Utility bid
April/May 2017
Utility construction start
Spring ‐ Fall 2017
Streetscape engineering & community process
December 2017
Streetscape bid set complete
January 2018
Administration submits streetscape bond authorization
request (with full presentation); BOA deliberation
February 2018
Streetscape bid
April 2018
Streetscape construction start
Q4 2019
Utility construction complete
Q4 2021
Streetscape construction complete
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Delivering on SomerVision:
3 key commitments
GLX
Zoning:
Union Square
Infrastructure
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USQ zoning
• Implements USQ
Neighborhood Plan
• Attracts private development
– 60% commercial jobs,
linkage
– 40% residential inclusionary
• Creates 12+ new acres of
highest‐quality public open
space
• Reduces traffic and parking
demand, shifting from cars to
walking, biking, and transit
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USQ zoning
Fiscal sustainability
• Generates cumulative net surplus
of $154M over 30 years
$5.1M / year
• Shifts tax burden: USQ tax base
will be 78% commercial with full
implementation of plan
Social equity
• Creates jobs (7,782)
• Creates affordable housing
(264 on site + linkage)
• Creates fab/maker/artist space
• Reduces residential share of tax
burden
Public health and safety
• Makes streets safer: more
walkable, bikeable & vibrant
fewer crashes, less crime
• Remediates brownfields
Environmental sustainability
• Creates 12+ acres of open space
• Reduces GHG emissions
• Creates 25,000+ SF of LEED silver
& 50,000+ SF of LEED gold
development
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USQ zoning timeline
Date
Action
November 2014 –
April 2016
USQ Neighborhood Plan meetings and development
May 2016
USQ Neighborhood Plan adopted
July 2016
Administration submits USQ zoning to BOA
October –
November 2016
Land Use Committee/Planning Board presentation, public
hearing, and deliberation
December 2016
BOA deliberation
Winter/Spring 2017
Planning Board hearings on Coordinated Development Plan
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Delivering on SomerVision
requires all 3
GLX
Zoning:
Union Square
Infrastructure:
Union Square
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Without GLX
Little incentive for
commercial development
Vastly reduces
potential growth in jobs &
linkage funding; limits
ability to shift away from
reliance on residential tax
base
Zoning:
Union Square
Infrastructure:
Union Square
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Without USQ zoning
Cannot implement USQ
Neighborhood Plan, which
reduces incentive to develop
& leaves no guarantee on
commercial/residential split
Vastly reduces potential
growth in jobs & linkage
funding; limits ability to shift
away from reliance on
residential tax base
GLX
USQ
Infrastructure
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Without USQ infrastructure
This simply isn’t an option.
MassDEP and MWRA
expect the City to solve
our capacity issues
regardless of USQ
development, so we have
to fix this problem.
With the GLX & USQ
zoning, however, we will
bear a smaller portion of
the financial burden.
GLX
USQ Zoning
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Consequences of inaction
Fiscal sustainability
• Continued heavy reliance on
residential tax base
• Significantly smaller growth in tax
base resulting in far less funding for
other community needs and
priorities
Social equity
• City becomes more expensive and
less diverse
• Minimal job growth
• Less inclusionary housing and far less
linkage funding
• No increase in access to rapid transit
Public health and safety
• Flooding and sewer backups continue
• No reduction in air pollutants
• No further brownfield remediation in
USQ
• Reduced ability to improve safety of
streets in USQ
Environmental footprint
• No reduction in auto trips or GHG
emissions
• Burden of creating new open space
falls solely on the City
• No improvement in quality of our
waterways
Bottom line: we cannot deliver on SomerVision
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The money
GLX
$50M upfront
investment
Zoning:
Union Square
Infrastructure:
Union Square
$70M upfront
investment
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Financing tools
GLX
• GO bonds
– Seeking favorable borrowing
terms from the state
• Developer contributions
USQ Infrastructure
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MassWorks grant
– $3.34M received in 2015
– Applied for $13M more; award
notice in November
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Water & Sewer Enterprise and
Stabilization Funds for utility
– Favorable borrowing terms
through DIF
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GO bonds for streetscape
– Favorable borrowing terms &
captured tax increment to
retire bond through DIF
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Developer contributions
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DIF
(District Improvement Financing)
• Key benefit: favorable borrowing terms
– Short‐term borrowing for up to 5 years, compared
to 2 without DIF
– Align debt service payments with revenue
increases
• Additional benefit: use captured tax increment
generated by infrastructure investment to
retire bonds
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The ASQ DIF
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4
6
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10
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16
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Millions
Net Project Benefit
Captured Increment
Debt Service
Captured increment from the ASQ
DIF area has consistently outpaced
debt service payments. The net
accumulated project benefit is
projected to approach $60 million.
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USQ DIF
• Request for funding to secure consulting
services to:
– Advise us on best strategy for USQ DIF
– Establish baseline property values
Date
Action
October 2016
Administration submits request for DIF consultant;
BOA deliberation
November 2016 –
January 2017
DIF application; approval by Mass Office of Business
Development (MOBD)
January 2017
Administration submits request for BOA approval of DIF;
public hearing
February 2017
BOA deliberation
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Developer contributions
• Existing required contributions
+ 20% inclusionary housing
+ Housing linkage
+ Jobs linkage (forthcoming)
+ Inflow & infiltration fee
+ Zoning
+ Open space
+ Arts & creative economy space
+ Sustainable building
+ Traffic management demand
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Additional developer contributions
+ GLX
+ USQ infrastructure
+ Community benefits
• Framework for determining contribution
amount
– TischlerBise advising
– Inclusive, predictable process based on
community values
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Also on the horizon
Underway
Forthcoming
In queue
Water & Sewer capital
requests
USQ streetscape
Boynton Yards
infrastructure
Somerville High School
Comprehensive zoning
overhaul
Davis infrastructure
West Branch Library
Mobility plan
Winter Hill & Gilman
revitalization
Winter Hill schoolyard &
field
Central Broadway
infrastructure
Nunziato stormwater
storage and field
reconstruction
Ball Square infrastructure
Building Assessment,
Preventive Maintenance,
and Master Plan II
School, city & public safety
building rehabilitations
Recurring capital requests
Field improvements
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Next steps
• GLX
– Administration submits RKG GLX report to BOA (10/27/16)
– Administration presents on GLX & submits bond
authorization and home rule petition to BOA (11/10/16)
– BOA votes on GLX bond authorization and home rule
petition (MassDOT requiring this vote by Thanksgiving)
• Zoning
– Administration presents on USQ zoning; public hearing
(10/18/16)
– BOA deliberation on USQ zoning
– Administration releases public review draft of zoning
overhaul (December 2016)
– Administration submits zoning overhaul to BOA
(January 2017)
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Next steps, cont’d
• DIF
– Administration submits request for DIF consultant (10/27/16)
– Administration submits DIF materials to BOA, presents on DIF,
and holds public hearing (January 2017)
– BOA deliberation on USQ DIF
• Infrastructure
– Administration presents on USQ utility work & submits bond
authorization request (February 2017)
– BOA deliberation on USQ utility bond authorization request
• SHS
– MSBA Board votes on SHS (2/15/17)
– Administration submits bond authorization request (2/23/17)
– BOA deliberation on SHS bond authorization request
• Capital Investment Plan
– Administration submits plan (winter/spring 2017)
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Projected timeline
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2 Q3 Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
GLX
RKG study
submission
Bond
authorization
and home rule
petition
request & BOA
deliberation
USQ utility
Bid set
complete
Bond
authorization
request & BOA
deliberation
Bid
USQ streetscape
Bond
authorization
request & BOA
deliberation; bid
DIF
Consultant
request & BOA
deliberation
DIF request;
public hearing
BOA
deliberation
USQ zoning
Public hearing
Zoning overhaul
Public review
draft
BOA
submission
SHS
Ballot vote
MSBA Board
vote; bond
authorization
request & BOA
deliberation
CIP
Analysis
BOA submission & discussion
Construction (through 2019)
Construction (through 2022)
BOA deliberation
BOA deliberation
2016
2017
2018
MassDOT procurement process
2019
Construction (through 2022)
Analysis & application;
MOBD review
Construction (through 2021)
Community process,
engineering & bid set
development