Matters ▸ Attachment
Amended 90 Washington Council-SRA MOA - 10.23.25 — File 25-1595
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 is entered into this ____ day of _______ 2025 between the
SOMERVILLE CITY COUNCIL (“Council”) and SOMERVILLE REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (“SRA”). Collectively, the Council and SRA shall be referred to herein as the
“Parties”.
Whereas, the Council and the SRA entered into a Memorandum of Agreement dated February
21, 2019 pertaining to the redevelopment of 90 Washington Street (“90 Washington MOA”); and
Whereas, the Parties desire to amend the 90 Washington MOA to reflect a key change in the
development goals due primarily to the extraordinary cost of acquiring 90 Washington Street;
and
Whereas, the Parties have agreed to amend the 90 Washington Street Demonstration Project Plan
(the “DPP”) using the process laid out in that DPP to reflect the change in development goals.
Now, therefore, the Parties hereby amend the MOA as follows:
1. All references in the 90 Washington MOA shall be construed to refer to the Amended
Demonstration Project Plan as amended in writing by the Parties.
2. Paragraph 4 of the 90 Washington MOA, titled “Public Process to Determine Future Uses”, is
amended as follows:
(a) Delete the second sentence “The principal future use of the site shall be as a new
public safety building.”
(b) Delete the work “Additional” from the third sentence and replace with “All”.
3. Paragraph 6 of the 90 Washington MOA, titled “Future Uses of the Site”, is amended to
remove “other than the public safety building” from the second sentence.
4. Paragraph 7 of the 90 Washington MOA, titled “Future Developer Selection”, is amended as
follows:
(a) Replace all instances of “technical advisory committee” with “Civic Advisory
Committee”.
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(b) Delete the third sentence “One half of the membership of the technical advisory
committee shall be selected by the SRA and the other half shall be selected by the
Council.”
3. Paragraph 8, is amended by replacing the phrases “Master Land Development Agreement” and
“MLDA” throughout with “Land Disposition Agreement”
4. All other terms and conditions of the MOA not amended herein remain in full force and effect.
SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS
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Witness our hands and seals on the day and year first written above.
SOMERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
SOMERVILLE
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
___________________________
______________________________
By:
Lance Davis
By:
Philip Ercoline
Its:
President
Its:
Chair