Minutes - Land Use - 11-6-25 Dispositions — File 25-1670

City of Somerville, Massachusetts Land Use Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions 6:30 PM Council Chamber and Remote Participation Thursday, November 6, 2025 Joint Meeting with the Somerville Redevelopment Authority This meeting was held virtually via Zoom and was called to order at 6:36 pm by Chair McLaughlin and adjourned at 8:02 pm with a roll call vote of 4 in favor (Councilors Davis, Wilson, Ewen-Campen and McLaughlin), none opposed, and 1 absent (Councilor Sait). Others present: Ben Demers - Urban Revitalization Senior Planner, Samantha Carr - Land Use Liaison, Yasmin Raddassi – Legislative Liaison, Delaney Fisher-Cassiol - Clerk of Committees The committee went into recess at 6:36pm and returned at 6:40pm The committee went into recess at 7:15pm and returned at 7:16pm Roll Call Ward One City Councilor Matthew McLaughlin, Ward Three City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen, City Councilor At Large Jake Wilson and Ward Six City Councilor Lance L. Davis Present: Ward Five City Councilor Naima Sait Absent: 1. Approval of the Minutes of the Land Use Committee Meeting of October 2, 2025. 25-1544 Accepted Ward One City Councilor McLaughlin, Ward Three City Councilor Ewen-Campen and Ward Six City Councilor Davis Aye: City Councilor At Large Wilson and Ward Five City Councilor Sait Absent: 2. Public Hearings 2.1. Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Sections 10.10.3, 15.1.2, 15.1.6, 15.1.8, 15.2.1, 15.2.2, 15.2.3, 15.2.4, 15.3.1, 15.3.2, and 15.5.2 of the Zoning Ordinance to make pre-submittal meetings optional for most permits and to improve clarity and consistency. 25-1554 Kept in committee Page 1 of 3

Land Use Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions November 6, 2025 2.2. Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Tables 4.1.13, 4.2.13, 4.3.13, 4.4.13, 5.1.14, 7.2.7, 7.4.8, 8.4.16 (c), and 9.1.1 of the Zoning Ordinance to permit Home-Based Child Day Care accessory uses and make corrections. 25-1552 Kept in committee 2.3. 12 registered voters requesting a Zoning Map Amendment to change the zoning district of 363 Highland Avenue from Mid-Rise 4 (MR4) to Mid-Rise 5 (MR5) and from MR4 to Mid-Rise 6 (MR6), and 110 Willow Avenue MR4 to MR6. 25-1539 Kept in committee 2.4. Requesting that this City Council schedule a joint public hearing with the Somerville Redevelopment Authority regarding updating the 90 Washington Street Demonstration Project Plan. 25-1239 Recommended to be marked work completed 3. That the Director of Planning, Preservation and Zoning draft an amendment to the Zoning Ordinances for transit oriented height and density bonuses for additional affordable housing and other enumerated community benefits. 25-0085 Kept in committee 4. Ten individuals, including five residents, submitting comments re: item 24-0059, a Zoning Map Amendment to change the zoning district of 321 Washington Street from Fabrication (FAB) to Commercial Industry (CI). 24-0328 Recommended to be marked work completed 5. Requesting approval of the amended 90 Washington Street Demonstration Project Plan. 25-1594 Kept in committee 6. Requesting approval of an amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement between the City Council and Redevelopment Authority regarding the redevelopment of 90 Washington Street. 25-1595 Kept in committee 7. Requesting approval of the development objectives for the redevelopment of 90 Washington Street. 25-1596 Kept in committee Page 2 of 3

Land Use Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions November 6, 2025 8. Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development conveying a summary of the 90 Washington process review and development objectives. 25-1607 Kept in committee Referenced Documents: • Land Use - 2025-11-06 Pre-Submittal Meetings Presentation (with 25-1554) • Land Use - 2025-11-06 Home-Based Child Day Care Presentation (with 25-1552) • Land Use - 2025-11-06 Gilman Square Scenarios 1-4 Maps (with 25-0085) • Land Use - 2025-11-06 LUC Gilman Square TOD Upzoning Updates (with 25-0085) • Land Use - 2025-11-06 90 Washington SRA Presentation S (with 25-1594, 25-1595, 25-1596, 25- 1607) • Land Use - 2025-11-06 Memo (with 25-0085) Page 3 of 3