mystic view task force
Assembly Square, Somerville, MA circa 2000
Bounded by rail lines on the left, the Mystic River in the foreground, Route 28 on the right, and Interstate 93, the road that snakes across the middle of the photo. The Boston skyline starts less than 2 miles from the area.
News
Assembly Square Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) (PDF containing links to other PDF documents)
(note that some of the PDF documents can be quite large, so allow extra time for downloading)
In accordance with Section 11.07(5) of the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) regulations at 301 CMR 11.00, FR Sturtevant Street, LLC, an affiliate of Federal Realty Investment Trust, is submitting this Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) covering more than 5 million square feet in the Assembly Square Mixed-Use Redevelopment, in the Assembly Square area of Somerville, Massachusetts. Comments are due on August 8th to Secretary Ian A. Bowles, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Attn: Ms. Deirdre Buckley, MEPA Analyst, email: Deirdre.Buckley(at)state.ma.us
Please refer to the project by name and include the official EEA number 13989.
Go to the documents …
IKEA and Our Mystic River Waterfront: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
Op Ed by MVTF member Wig Zamore, Somerville Journal, Thursday, April 10th
Next Monday, April 14th, is the last day the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will accept public comments on how to improve the proposed Assembly Square IKEA, and lessen its impacts on the public’s right to freely travel to and enjoy our Mystic River waterfront. Read more …
IKEA Chapter 91 License Application (large PDF file, 16 megabytes, allow some time to download)
Comments due to Alexander Strysky at Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MEPA) by 4 p.m. on April 14th, email See also Massachusetts Waterways Regulations relevant to the IKEA filing (pdf) (most revelant are sections 9.51 and 9.52, also important are sections 9.01-9.05 and 9.33-9.36)
Mystic View Task Force and Developers Announce Settlement Agreement
On October 17, 2006, the Mystic View Task Force and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRIT) and IKEA announced that they had reached a settlement of long-standing Assembly Square disputes… Read more …
DCR Begins Mystic River Parkland Planning
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation held the first of three planned community meetings for the Mystic River Reservation Master Plan... [that] attracted members of the public with a diverse range of concerns about the river reservation, as well as five state legislators... Read more …
The community goes high tech for pollution monitoring
An intrepid network of Somerville residents that has collaborated with the Tufts Community Research Center has been concerned about the pollution coming from the major highways in their city for some time. Recently, the Mystic View Task Force (MVTF) contracted with AResearch, Inc. of Billerica, MA to use high-end research technology to measure the pollution that they have been complaining about in public hearings... Read more (pdf) …
MAPC Begins Mystic River Corridor Strategy Project
The objective is to create a collective vision for future land use along the river by identifying opportunities for conservation and development and encouraging the exchange of information between communities about their individual plans. This is a broader project than the ongoing study of state-owned parkland along the Mystic River being carried out by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation... Read more …
Nov 2008 Calendar
Tue, Nov 18 : Assembly Square Public Advisory Committee, 6pm
Wed, Nov 19 : Mystic View Task Force Annual Meeting, 6:30pm
Assembly Square Public Advisory Committee
The Assembly Square Public Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. at 5 Middlesex Avenue (the office building in Assembly Square) in the office of Federal Realty Investment Trust on the fourth floor.
The Assembly Square PAC usually meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. ASPAC was formed as a result of the agreement between MVTF and the developers of Assembly Square, and it includes seats for representatives from MVTF (2), the Somerville Board of Aldermen (1), the Ten Hills neighborhood (1), the East Somerville neighborhood (1), and the Somerville Mayor (2). Members of the public are welcome to attend.
Mystic View Task Force Annual Meeting
The Mystic View Task Force will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, in the Community Room of the VNA Assisted Living Facility at 259 Lowell Street, Somerville. The meeting will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be available starting at 6:00 p.m.
There will be reports on the results of the highway air pollution studies in Somerville that we managed last year along I-93 and Routes 28 and 38. Scientists Taeko Minegishi and John Durant will present the results of their work. There will be a report on the October 2008 joint meeting of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiologists and the International Society of Exposure Analysts in Pasadena, California, at which three reports relating to Somerville were presented. There will also be a report on the status of development efforts in Assembly Square.
Last update Tue, Nov 11, 2008