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IS A, A HOLIDAY WHERE WE, WE DON'T HAVE MEETINGS[NOTE]
IN THE CITY, BUT FEBRUARY 24TH WE DO HAVE A MEETING AND WE'VE SCHEDULED A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE FOR A, UH, PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL BY HEALTH PEAK IN THE ALEWIFE QUADRANGLE AREA.AND THIS IS, IS A, UH, A PROPOSAL THAT HAS BEEN, HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED, UH, SINCE WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON THE ZONING BACK IN, IN 2023 FOR, FOR THAT AREA.
UM, SO THAT'LL BE, UH, A VERY INTERESTING MEETING AS WELL.
UM, WE, I WON'T GET INTO MARCH, BUT WE WILL VERY LIKELY HAVE, UM, MORE MEETINGS IN EARLY MARCH.
SO, UM, EXPECT THERE TO BE, UM, UH, BUSINESS ON THOSE FIRST TWO MEETINGS, AND WE'LL UPDATE EVERYONE ON THAT LATER.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER UPDATE, AND I GAVE THIS LAST WEEK TOO, UH, THERE'S AN ORDINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING, UM, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S ORDINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE INSTITUTIONAL USE ZONING PETITION.
UM, AND, UH, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 10TH AT 11:00 AM THAT'S A TUESDAY, AND THAT'S THE, THE CASE THAT THE PLANNING BOARD HEARD AT ITS PREVIOUS MEETING AND MADE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON.
SO I'LL UH, JUST END THE UPDATES THERE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JEFF FROM THE BOARD ON THE UPDATES? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE MAIN AGENDA ITEMS. SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING IS TO HEAR THE ANNUAL TOWN GOWN PRESENTATIONS FROM THE CITY'S MAJOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, LESLIE UNIVERSITY, AND HALT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, HAVE EACH SUBMITTED TOWN GOWN REPORTS, WHICH WERE PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE.
THE BOARD WILL HE HEAR BRIEF PRESENTATIONS FROM EACH OF THESE INSTITUTIONS EXCEPT HOLT, WHICH ONLY PRESENTS EVERY OTHER YEAR AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS, WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND AFTER THAT, THE BOARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS TO THE INSTITUTIONS AND DISCUSS THE REPORTS.
AT THE END, THE BOARD CAN DECIDE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL IF WE CHOOSE, OR, UH, CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS, UH, FOR WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE TOWN GOWN REPORTS.
UM, WE WILL BEGIN, UH, WITH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION, UM, AND I BELIEVE JEFF WILL INTRODUCE, UH, AND HEAD OFF NOW TO SCOTT WALKER.
UM, AND I, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY THAT I HAVEN'T ALREADY SAID OR THAT YOU HAVEN'T SAID, SO I'LL JUST HAND IT RIGHT OVER TO SCOTT WALKER.
HE'S THE SENIOR MANAGER FOR DATA SERVICES AT CDD AND, AND REALLY SPEARHEADS, UH, THE TOWN GOWN PROCESS FROM OUR END.
AND HE'LL BE WALKING US THROUGH 25 PLUS YEARS OF, UH, INSIGHTS FROM, UH, FROM OUR, OUR TOWN GOWN REPORTING PROCESS.
I WILL START UP MY SLIDESHOW IN A SECOND.
I WILL APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF IT'S A LITTLE BUMPY.
I GOT CALLED HOME AT FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY WITH A LEAK IN OUR CEILING, AND IT CUT INTO MY PRACTICE TIME A LITTLE BIT, UH, SHOVELING SNOW AND, AND DEALING WITH THAT PROBLEM.
SO APOLOGIES IF IT'S A LITTLE BUMPY, BUT I WILL START SHARING MY SCREEN.
ALRIGHT, REARRANGE A WINDOW HERE.
UH, SO I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THE DATA ASPECTS OF THE TOWN GOWN REPORTS, WHICH, UH, WE PROVIDE A FORM TO THE SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR, AND WE ASK THEM FOR A, A PRETTY CONSISTENT SET OF DATA ITEMS THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US.
AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING, UH, MOSTLY AT A TIME SERIES OF THAT DATA.
SO HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME.
AND WE'LL BE GOING FROM BACK TO 2000, SO 2000 TO 2025 IN THE PRIMARY, UH, DATA REPORTING CATEGORIES, UH, IN THAT FORM, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, FACILITIES, LAND OWNERSHIP, STUDENT HOUSING, AND TAXES AND FEES THAT THEY PAY TO THE CITY.
AND WE'LL START OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR.
UM, TOWN GOWN PROCESS BEGAN IN 1991 WITH THE MAYOR'S REPORT ON UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THAT REPORT WAS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, RECEIVE, UH, PERIODIC REPORTS, UH, FROM THE SCHOOLS.
AND THE FIRST OF THOSE OCCURRED.
UH, THE FIRST ANNUAL TOWN GOWN REPORT WAS IN 1997.
AND BACK THEN WE HAD CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, LESLIE AND MIT.
AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE, UH, POINTS IN THE TIMELINE, WHICH BIG CHANGES AT LESLIE.
IN 98, THEY MERGED WITH THE ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON IN 2001, LESLIE COLLEGE BECOMES LESLIE
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UNIVERSITY.AND, UH, IN 2014, UH, THE HALT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FILES THEIR FIRST TOWN GOWN REPORT.
2016 IS THE LAST REPORT BY CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE.
AND, UH, JEFF, YOU ARE, YOU ARE A LITTLE LOW THERE.
THIS IS THE 29TH, UH, ANNUAL REPORT FILED, BUT 25 YEARS OF PRESENTATIONS, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE COVERING, UH, 25 YEARS OF DATA WILL BE COVERING HERE, ACTUALLY 26, I THINK.
UM, AND A LITTLE MORE ON THAT.
WE, WE DID GET, UH, WE THINK THERE WAS SOME REPORTING IN 92 AND 93, BUT IT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR FROM THE RECORDS.
BUT BY 2000, WE WERE GETTING THAT CONSISTENT COMPARABLE DATA FROM THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE GO BACK TO THESE.
AND I DO WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, MY PREDECESSOR, CLIFF COOK DID THESE PRESENTATIONS FROM 2000 TO 2023, AND I JUST STARTED IN 2024.
AND A LOT OF THIS WORK, UH, IS BUILDING ON, UH, WHAT HE DID OVER ALL THAT TIME AND ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AND DATA HE COLLECTED, UH, SINCE THEN.
BUT, UH, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE, YOU'LL NOTICE IT HAS KIND OF A NEW LOOK THIS YEAR.
BUT, UH, CONTENT IS, IS OVERALL PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE PAST.
I HAVE A FEW NEW SLIDES AT THE END.
SO OUR FIRST SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE LAND OWNED BY THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
UH, IN 2000 IT WAS 441 ACRES TOTAL, AND NOW WE'RE UP TO 496.
AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, INCREASE FROM 344 NON-TAXABLE TO 369 97, TAXABLE TO 127.
AND, UH, THIS YEAR THERE WAS A DECREASE OF THREE ACRES IN, UH, TAXABLE LAND.
AND THIS IS, I THINK MOSTLY DUE TO SALES OF LAND BY LESLIE, UH, WHICH I THINK A LOT OF IS, UH, GONNA BE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTUALLY.
UH, AND THE NON-TAXABLE LAND PEAKED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AT, UH, 377.
AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME LAND, UH, CHANGING HANDS SINCE THEN THAT HAS BROUGHT US TO 369 NON-TAXABLE ACRES THERE.
AND TO ILLUSTRATE THAT A LITTLE MORE, WE CAN BRING UP A MAP.
SO THIS IS A MAP OF INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP IN, UH, 2016.
AND SO WHAT DO WE SEE THAT IS DIFFERENT? I'LL TURN ON MY LITTLE LASER POINTER HERE.
UH, HALT IS NOW INCLUDED UP HERE.
AND, UM, WE SEE SOME DIFFERENCES, UH, IN LESLIE COLLEGE.
YOU KNOW, HERE IN 2016, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, ACRES OF LAND THAT THEY SOLD.
SO HERE ON WENDELL STREET, A LOT OF PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN SOLD, AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE NOW GONNA BE, UH, DEVELOPED AS HOUSING.
AND THOSE ARE KIND OF THE MAIN CHANGES BETWEEN, UH, THESE TWO YEARS.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ALSO SOME LESLIE UNIVERSITY LAND OVER HERE, BUT THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I THINK THAT THAT, UH, CHANGED HANDS, UH, AND WAS SOLD TO OTHERS.
UM, THESE MAPS ARE AVAILABLE, UH, ON THE CDD WEBSITE, IF YOU WANNA ZOOM IN AND LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER.
UH, SOME OTHER, IN RECENT YEARS, BIGGER CHANGES WOULD BE THE, THE VOLPI, UH, PROPERTY THAT MIT ACQUIRED, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT, RIGHT IN HERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT COMES ON.
AND SO THAT'S ALL UNDER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND NOW LOOKING, UH, INSIDE THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON, UH, THAT PROPERTY THAT THE UNIVERSITIES CONTROL, HERE'S GROSS FLOOR AREA, AND, UH, I'LL NOTE RIGHT HERE THAT, UM, HALT IS TREATED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY OWN ANY OF THEIR PROPERTY, BUT THEIR, UH, RELATED INSTITUTION WITH EF AND THEY LEASE ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY DIRECTLY FROM EF.
SO WE INCLUDE THEM THE, THE, THE PROPERTY THAT THEY LEASE HERE IN THIS CHART AND IN THE STATISTICS, BUT IT IS NOT ACTUALLY PROPERTY THAT HALT UNIVERSITY OWNS, UH, THEY LEASE FROM EF.
SO JUST LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS HERE, BACK IN 2000, IT WAS ABOUT 25 MILLION, UH, SQUARE FEET GROSS FLOOR AREA.
AND THIS YEAR, UH, OR THIS PAST YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING, UH, AT JUST OVER 38 MILLION.
IT'S ABOUT 13 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF GROWTH OVER THAT TIME.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DIFFERENT, UH, INSTITUTIONS HAVE GROWN IN THAT TIME.
UH, MIT HAS GROWN BY ABOUT 8.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET AND HARVARD BY ABOUT, UH, THREE, THREE AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET IN THAT TIME.
UH, WHEREAS LESLIE IS STILL PRETTY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF THEIR FLOOR AREA AND HAL AND CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE, UH, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO SEE ON THEIR SCREEN.
THEY'RE JUST LITTLE, LITTLE SLIVERS, UH, WITHIN THE BARS THERE.
THE UNIVERSITIES, UH, THOUGH THEY ARE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, THEY DO PROVIDE A LOT OF PAYMENTS TO THE CITY.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CHART IS ILLUSTRATING HERE.
AND THOSE PAYMENTS COME IN THE FORM OF REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THE TAXABLE LAND THAT THEY OWN A MINORITY OF THE LAND, UH, PILOT PAYMENTS
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IN LIEU OF TAXES, WHICH THEY NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY, UH, AND PAY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SERVICES AND UPKEEP OF THE CITY.THEY ALSO PAY FOR MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER AND VARIOUS OTHER FEES, BUILDING PERMITS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, UH, OTHER PEOPLE, UH, HAVE AS A COST OF DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS SINCE INFLATION HAS BEEN RUNNING HIGH, WE HAVE ADDED THIS CHART TO SEE WHAT IT IS IN INFLATION ADJUSTED DOLLARS.
SO, UH, HERE YOU SEE THE GREEN LOWER LINE IS UNADJUSTED PAYMENTS, AND THE BLUE UPPER LINE IS PAYMENTS IN 2020 $4.
AND YOU CAN SEE BOTH OF THEM ARE, ARE, ARE MOVING IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION OVER TIME.
BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECTS OF INFLATION, UH, LOOKING, LOOKING BACK IN TIME THERE.
BUT, UM, IT'S INCREASED FROM 23 MILLION, UH, UNADJUSTED BACK IN 2000 TO 147 MILLION IN 2025.
AND THAT'S 42.4 MILLION INFLATION ADJUSTED BACK IN 2000.
AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS, UH, STILL GOING ON RIGHT NOW FOR UPDATING, UH, PILOT AGREEMENTS, BUT I DON'T HAVE MANY DETAILS ON THAT.
MOVING ON TO THE STAFF AND FACULTY EMPLOYMENT ACROSS ALL THESE INSTITUTIONS.
UH, AND HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TO ASSIST IN COMPARABILITY.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THESE COUNTS ARE, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.
SO THAT IN, UH, 2000 WAS ABOUT 60, JUST UNDER 16,000 FACULTY AND STAFF.
AND, UH, LAST YEAR WE ARE OVER 24,000, 24,405, A NEW PEAK, UH, SHOWING A FULL RECOVERY FROM, UH, THE DECLINE IN 2020, UH, YOU KNOW, PANDEMIC YEAR OUTLIER THAT YEAR.
BUT WE HAVE NOW, UH, REACHED A NEW PEAK THERE FOR FACULTY AND STAFF EMPLOYMENT ACROSS ALL THE SCHOOLS.
AND, UM, IT'S A 53% INCREASE OVER THAT PERIOD WITH A 25% INCREASE IN STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, 25% INCREASE IN FACULTY AND A 58% INCREASE IN STAFF.
AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT SAME CHART AGAIN WITH A, A LINE THROWN IN THE BOTTOM TO SHOW THE STAFF OF FACULTY THAT RESIDE IN CAMBRIDGE.
AND, UH, THE CHANGE, UH, OVER THIS 26 YEARS HERE IN RESIDENT EMPLOYEES IS, UH, 3,557 MORE FACULTY AND STAFF LIVING IN CAMBRIDGE THAN THERE WERE IN 2000.
SO THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLED, UH, OVER THAT TIME.
AND, UH, WE SEE THAT THE, THE LINE SLOPES UP, YOU KNOW, MORE RAPIDLY FROM 2000 TO 2008, AND THEN IT'S BEEN MORE INCREMENTAL WITH A ANOTHER DIP, WITH A DIP THERE, UH, DURING COVID CORRESPONDING TO THE OVERALL STAFF CHANGES.
AND IN 2003 0.3% OF THE OVERALL CAMBRIDGE POPULATION WERE EMPLOYEES AT THESE INSTITUTIONS.
AND AS OF LAST YEAR, USING A JULY, 2024 POPULATION ESTIMATE, IT'S A 5.7% OF THE POPULATION OF CAMBRIDGE IS, IS WORKING AT THESE INSTITUTIONS HERE, GETTING INTO THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL.
THIS IS, UH, STUDENTS, UH, OF, OF ALL TYPES, GRADUATE, UNDERGRADUATE, UH, NON-DEGREE STUDENTS HERE.
UH, WE HAVE A INCREASE FROM JUST UNDER 35,000 IN 2000.
AND, UH, THEN IN 20 25, 40 1,188 STUDENTS.
UM, SO THAT'S ABOUT A 18% INCREASE OVER THAT WHOLE PERIOD THERE, THOUGH YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE LINE IS KIND OF CURVING DOWNWARD IN RECENT YEARS.
UH, WE'RE OFF OF OUR, UH, PEAK OF 46,586 IN 2019, AND THAT HAS MAINLY BEEN DRIVEN BY, UH, CHANGES AT LESLIE UNIVERSITY, WHERE THERE'S ABOUT 3,500 LESS STUDENTS THAN THAT PEAK.
AND HARVARD ACTUALLY HAS ABOUT 2300 LESS STUDENTS THAN IN 2019.
BUT OVERALL, HARVARD ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED, UH, ABOUT 22.5% OVER THIS WHOLE PERIOD SINCE 2000 AND MIT HAS INCREASED ABOUT 20%, UH, OVER THIS WHOLE PERIOD HERE.
AND YOU COULD SEE ALSO THE LESLIE COLLEGE STUDENTS, UH, CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE AND HALT, YOU KNOW, A, A SMALLER SHARE OF THE OVERALL STUDENT BODY DOWN THERE, THE LOWER LINES.
AND NOW WE CAN SPLIT THE STUDENTS OUT BY TYPE.
YOU SEE THAT GRADUATE STUDENTS PREDOMINATE IN THE STUDENT POPULATION, THEY'VE ALSO HAD THE GREATEST INCREASE OVER TIME.
IT'S BEEN ALMOST 27% INCREASE IN GRADUATE STUDENTS OVER THAT TIME, ALTHOUGH AGAIN, 2022 WAS THE PEAK, UH, WHEN WE HAD 22,802 GRADUATE STUDENTS.
AND THIS YEAR WE ARE AT 20,989.
AND THE BIGGEST RECENT CHANGE WE SEE IS A DIP
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IN NON-DEGREE STUDENTS TO, UH, 63 37, UH, FROM A PEAK OF 11,500 AND SOME IN 20 20, 20 21, EXCUSE ME.AND AGAIN, THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO CHANGES AT, AT LESLIE UNIVERSITY.
THERE UNDERGRADUATES, UH, HAVE SEEN MAYBE LESS CHANGE THAN THE OTHER TYPES OF STUDENTS KIND OF MAINTAINING THEIR NUMBERS, ALTHOUGH, UH, AGAIN, A DIP IN THE CO YEAR.
BUT, UH, OVERALL INCREASES SINCE 2000 NON-DEGREE STUDENTS, 7.8%, UH, UNDERGRAD STUDENTS, UH, 10.9 GRADUATE STUDENTS, 26.8.
AND, UM, JUST TO COMMENT HERE, GENERALLY ON, UH, WE SEE A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE COUNTRY, UH, TOWARDS A SMALLER COLLEGE AGE POPULATION.
A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT COST OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
SO, UH, THERE COULD BE MORE DOWNWARD PRESSURE, UH, GOING FORWARD ON ENROLLMENT, THOUGH, I BELIEVE, UH, DESPITE ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, HARVARD, UH, SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME LATER, BUT I BELIEVE THEY HAD A RECORD, UH, ENROLLMENT OF, UH, INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING WE ASK ABOUT HERE, BUT, SO TRENDS MOVING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
BUT, UH, JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF.
UH, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS ARE A SMALLER SHARE OF, UH, THE GROUPS THAT WE TRACK IN THE TOWN GOWN REPORT.
BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE JUST STARTED ASKING ABOUT THEM IN 2014.
SO THAT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2000.
UH, THE NUMBERS WERE FALLING, UH, FROM 2019 TO 21 AND THEN INCREASED, UH, THROUGH 2024.
BUT, UH, 2025 WERE AT THE LOWEST COUNT OF POSTDOCS SINCE 2021.
AND, UH, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S 2,286 THERE.
OKAY, NOW WE CAN LOOK AT WHERE THESE, UH, UH, A SUBSET OF THE STUDENTS, THE DE DEGREE TRACK STUDENTS, STUDENTS WHO ARE SEEKING A DEGREE AT ONE OF THESE INSTITUTIONS, WHERE DO THEY LIVE? UH, AND SO SINCE 2000, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEGREE TRACK STUDENTS HAS INCREASED, UH, BY ABOUT 5,800.
AND THE SHARE OF THOSE DEGREE TRACK STUDENTS THAT ARE HOUSED IN CAMBRIDGE HAS INCREASED FROM 63% TO 71%.
AND THE, THAT GROWTH IN STUDENTS DEGREE TRACK STUDENTS HAS BEEN ACCOMMODATED BY INCREASES IN OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING, THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR MORE STUDENTS IN OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING, 2005, MORE IN DORMS, AND 507 MORE IN AFFILIATE HOUSING.
AND, UH, WHAT WE SEE IS THERE'S A GAP THERE BETWEEN THE DEGREE TRACK STUDENTS AT THE TOP AND THE TOTAL, WHICH ARE JUST THE, I I DON'T HAVE A LINE THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE, UH, BLUE BOXES THERE.
UH, AND SO THOSE MIGHT REPRESENT STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT HOUSED HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, BUT MIGHT WANT TO BE IN 2020.
THAT WAS 10,849, AND UH, ACTUALLY THAT SHOULD BE 2000.
IT WAS 10,000, UH, 849 AND, UH, IN 2025, 10,273.
SO THE NUMBER HAS SHRUNK A LITTLE BIT, BUT HAS, HAS KIND OF HOVERED AROUND THAT 10,000, UH, VALUE, I THINK FOR A LOT OF THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE TOWN GOWN HERE.
AND TO REMIND FOLKS WHAT AFFILIATE HOUSING MEANS, IF YOU'RE NOT AFFILIATE, UH, FAMILIAR WITH THAT, OR JUST TO STATE HOW WE DEFINE IT IN THE DATA COLLECTION, THAT'S HOUSING OWNED OR LEASED BY THE INSTITUTION, THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY.
AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE DORMITORIES OR HOUSING AVAILABLE TO RENT TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE INSTITUTION.
SO IT MIGHT NOT BE ON CAMPUS, BUT IT'S OWNED BY THE INSTITUTION, AND IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE, UH, TO THEIR STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TO OCCUPY.
UH, ANOTHER, UH, MAYBE MATHEMATICALLY MORE COMPLICATED WAY TO LOOK AT THIS IS SHOWING THE RATE OF GROWTH OF HOUSING TYPES COMPARED TO THE RATE OF GROWTH OF DEGREE TRACK STUDENTS EACH YEAR.
SO WE SEE A GREEN LINE JUST, UH, GOING RIGHT ALONG ZERO.
SO THAT REPRESENTS DEGREE TRACK STUDENTS.
AND THAT NUMBER OF COURSE IN RAW TERMS CHANGES EVERY YEAR, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPARISON AND RATE OF GROWTH.
SO WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING IS HOW DOES THE RATE OF GROWTH OF THESE HOUSING TYPES COMPARE TO THE RATE OF GROWTH IN STUDENTS.
SO WE ZERO OUT THE RATE OF GROWTH OF THE STUDENTS AND THEN SEE WHAT THE COMP COMPARABLE RATE OF GROWTH IS IN THESE HOUSING TYPES.
AND SO, UH, IF THE HOUSING TYPE GROWS AT THE SAME RATE AS THE STUDENT BODY IN A GIVEN YEAR, THEN BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE ZERO.
IF IT GROWS FASTER, IT'LL BE ABOVE ZERO.
IF IT GROWS LESS, UH, AT A SLOWER RATE THAN THE GROWTH RATE OF STUDENTS IN A YEAR, IT'LL BE BELOW ZERO.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT DORMITORIES HAVE, UH, THE RATE OF GROWTH OF DORM UNITS HA HAS LAGGED, UH, A
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LITTLE BIT.UH, IN MOST YEARS OR EVERY YEAR, UH, THE RATE OF GROWTH OF STUDENTS AFFILIATE HOUSING IS KIND OF HOVERED UP AND DOWN, UH, ABOVE THE LINE.
SO THAT RATE OF GROWTH HAS BEEN PRETTY SIMILAR IN AFFILIATE HOUSING, ALTHOUGH WE SAW ON THE LAST SLIDE THAT THAT'S A, A SMALLER SHARE OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE HOUSED AND STUDENTS IN OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING.
WE SEE THAT THAT RATE OF GROWTH HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT HIGHER, UH, THAN THE OTHER ONES.
SO WE SEE THAT, YEAH, OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING HAS GROWN AT A FASTER RATE THAN DORMS OR AFFILIATE HOUSING DURING THIS PERIOD.
UH, AND THEN ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT STUDENTS, UH, HOUSED IN CAMBRIDGE IS THIS ONE HERE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO, WE'RE COMPARING THE SHARE HOUSED IN CAMBRIDGE AND THE SHARE HOUSED IN INSTITUTION OWNED HOUSING HERE.
SO, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE AT A PEAK THIS YEAR.
70.5% OF STUDENTS, UH, DEGREE SEEKING STUDENTS ARE, ARE HOUSED HERE IN CAMBRIDGE IN DORMS AND AFFILIATE HOUSING.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN, BEEN PRETTY STEADY OVER THAT TIME.
UH, THE, AND, UM, OH YEAH, SO THE, THE GREEN LINE IS THE SHARE HOUSED IN INSTITUTION, UH, OWNED HOUSING.
AND SO THE UPPER LINE WOULD INCLUDE OFF-CAMPUS, BUT STILL IN CAMBRIDGE THERE.
AND SO THAT, THAT GREEN LINE HAS AND THE BLUE LINE HAVE, HAVE HOVERED PRETTY STEADILY, ALTHOUGH, UH, THIS ONE IS STARTING TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO MORE STUDENTS, UH, STAYING IN CAMBRIDGE.
AND, UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE BULK OF WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY PRESENTED IN THE TOWN GOWN PRESENTATIONS.
BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT A FEW NEW SLIDES COMING IN HERE THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE, UH, DATA COLLECTION.
BUT, UH, THE BOARD ASKED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS FOR SOME COMPARISON DATA ON STUDENT HOUSING AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
AND SO I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THAT, AND I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO PRESENT THERE.
UH, FIRST I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, AND I WASN'T UNTIL I STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS, THE NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY STUDENT AID STUDY.
SO THAT'S A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE, UH, CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION CONDUCTED EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS SINCE 1987.
THEY ASK A, A PRETTY BROAD RANGE OF QUESTIONS IN THESE SURVEYS OF, UH, THESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, UM, AND WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON HOW THEY FINANCE THEIR EDUCATION.
THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SURVEYS.
THEY USE ADMINISTRATIVE DATA AND DATABASES TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT THEY'RE, UH, GETTING OUT OF THE SURVEYS.
UH, THE MOST RECENT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2024, BUT THE MOST RECENT DATA AVAILABLE IS IN 2020.
AND, UH, I SUSPECT THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DEMISE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BUT, UH, THERE'S NOT MUCH INFORMATION, UH, REVEALED ON THE WEBSITE.
BUT THE MOST RECENT DATA AVAILABLE IS, IS FROM 2020, EVEN THOUGH A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2024.
UM, IN THIS SURVEY, THEY ONLY ASK ABOUT, UH, HOUSING SITUATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.
THEY DO NOT ASK GRADUATE STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR HOUSING SITUATION WHILE THEY WERE IN SCHOOL.
UH, AND THE NUMBERS ARE NOT EXACTLY COMPARABLE TO TOWN GAP, BUT I THINK WE CAN DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS HERE.
AND SO HERE I'M COMPARING, UH, EVERY FOUR YEARS, UH, BACK TO 2008 THERE.
AND IN THE N-P-S-A-S, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THEIR SURVEY CATEGORIES HERE, WHICH INCLUDE OFF ON CAMPUS, OFF CAMPUS, LIVING WITH PARENTS, AND ATTENDED MORE THAN ONE INSTITUTION, WHICH THEY CATEGORIZED DIFFERENTLY.
'CAUSE MAYBE YOU LIVED AT YOUR, WITH YOUR PARENTS FOR ONE SEMESTER AT ONE INSTITUTION, AND THEN YOU LIVED IN A DORM FOR, UH, THE, THE NEXT SEMESTER.
SO THAT'S A, A SEPARATE CATEGORY THERE.
AND, UH, SURPRISING THINGS TO ME, AT LEAST IN THE CAMBRIDGE CONTEXT, IS THE VERY LARGE SHARE OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS.
BUT OF COURSE, UH, IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS, IN, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THAT WOULD OF COURSE BE A MUCH MORE COMMON, UH, HOUSING SITUATION FOR A STUDENT.
UH, WE DON'T ASK ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE TOWN GOWN REPORT, BUT, UH, IT'S OUR INTUITION THAT IT'S A PRETTY SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS, UH, AND ATTENDING HARVARD, MIT LESLIE OR HALT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A COMPARABLE DATA THERE, BUT HOW MANY ON CAMPUS? SO WE CAN SEE THAT, UH, IN 2024 AND THE N-P-S-A-S FOR UNDERGRADUATES THAT REACHED A HIGH OF 16.4, BUT IT HAS BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE MID LOW TEENS, UH, FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT WE'RE REPORTING HERE, UH, THE LARGEST SHARE IS IN OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING, UH, ABOVE HALF OR GETTING CLOSE TO IT IN ALL THOSE SURVEY YEARS, A QUARTER TO A THIRD LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS.
AND THEN, UH, 10% OR A BIT LESS, UH, ATTENDING MORE THAN ONE INSTITUTION.
SO NOT REALLY CATEGORIZED IN THIS OTHER WAY,
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COMPARING THAT TO TOWN GOWN.THESE TOWN GOWN NUMBERS ARE DEGREE SPEAKING STUDENTS, SO THAT WILL INCLUDE GRADUATE STUDENTS AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, NOT JUST UNDERGRADUATES.
WE DON'T ASK THAT SEPARATELY OF THE UNIVERSITY, SO WE DON'T SPLIT THAT OUT.
BUT HOW DOES THAT LOOK IN TOWN GOWN? YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DORM POPULATION IS ABOUT 40% OF THOSE DEGREE SEEKING STUDENTS.
AFFILIATE HOUSING, UH, UH, AROUND 5% OFF CAMPUS IN CAMBRIDGE, UH, IN THE TEENS THERE, MID TO HIGH TEENS IN THESE YEARS AND OUTSIDE CAMBRIDGE, UH, OVER A THIRD IN, IN ALL THESE SURVEY YEARS.
SO NOT EXACTLY COMPARABLE DATA, UH, AND DEFINITELY, UH, LOOKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS, VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS THAT ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS, UH, WOULD BE IN THAN IN CAMBRIDGE, BUT, UH, A NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY OF STUDENT HOUSING SITUATIONS.
SO A GOOD, GOOD POINT OF COMPARISON FOR US, EVEN IF WE CAN'T, UH, NECESSARILY DRAW THE STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE NUMBERS WE'RE COLLECTING AND WHAT THEY'RE COLLECTING.
AND ANOTHER DATA POINT I WAS ABLE TO FIND WAS, UH, FROM BOSTON, THE BOSTON STUDENT HOUSING REPORT.
UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE.
THE DATA COLLECTION SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, UH, OVER TIME.
SO I'M JUST FOCUSING ON THE 2024 STUDENT HOUSING REPORT, WHICH WAS BASED ON DATA COLLECTED IN THE FALL 2024 UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS, UH, WHICH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN BOSTON HAVE TO FILE WITH THE CITY EVERY YEAR.
AND THOSE REPORTS SUMMARIZE ENROLLMENT, UH, WHERE THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE HOUSED, AND THEIR ADDRESSES.
THEY'RE QUITE DETAILED REPORTS, I THINK, AND THAT REQUIREMENT, UH, FOR REPORTING, IT EXCLUDES COMMUNITY COLLEGES, SATELLITE CAMPUSES, AND STUDENTS ENROLLED EXCLUSIVELY IN, UH, EXCLUSIVELY OR PRIMARILY IN ONLINE PROGRAMS. SO WHAT DOES THE DATA LOOK LIKE THERE? SO, AGAIN, NOT QUITE EXACTLY AS WE COLLECT THE DATA IN TOWN GOWN, BUT I THINK STILL ABLE TO DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS.
AND IN THAT 2024 REPORT, THEY PRESENT THREE YEARS OF DATA.
SO I'M, I'M DOING THE SAME THREE YEARS OF DATA OUT OF TOWN GOWN.
UH, SO LOOKING AT BOSTON, UM, ON CAMPUS, OUR UNIVERSITY PROVIDED HOUSING.
I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS, BUT I'LL GIVE THE DEFINITIONS FOR, UH, OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING THAT'S DEFINED AS ANY HOUSING, NOT OWNED AND OPERATED BY AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, EXCLUDING SPACES LEASED, UH, BUT MANAGED BY THE RESPECTIVE INSTITUTION.
AND THEN OFF CAMPUS, UH, AT HOME IS A LIVING ARRANGEMENT WHERE STUDENTS LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS, UH, IN ANY HOUSING.
THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION DOES NOT OWN OR CONTROL, AND OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING, NOT AT HOME, IS HOUSING OCCUPIED BY STUDENTS WHO DO NOT LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS OR IN ANY HOUSING FACILITY OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
AND, UH, THEY ARE ASKING, I THINK, ACROSS ALL THE STUDENT BODY AND IN TOWN GOWN, WHEN WE ASK WHERE THE STUDENTS LIVE, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE STUDENT ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE, RIGHT? SO WE CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIVING OUTSIDE CAMBRIDGE BY SUBTRACTION, THE TOTAL TOTAL STUDENT BODY FROM THEIR RESPONSES TO WHERE THE STUDENTS IN CAMBRIDGE ARE LIVING.
SO, AGAIN, A A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, UH, DATA COLLECTION METHOD THERE, BUT WHAT DO WE SEE IN BOSTON INSTITUTIONS? YOU GOT ABOUT A THIRD OF STUDENTS LIVING IN OFF CAMPUS, OR A UNIVERSITY PROVIDED HOUSING AND ABOUT A QUARTER, UH, IN OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING, UH, OR STUDY ABROAD OR CO-OP.
SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING QUESTION, UH, TO LOOK AT THAT.
UH, THOSE ARE LUMPED TOGETHER.
SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE LIVING AT HOME VERSUS HOW MANY ARE STUDYING ABROAD, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S QUITE COMMON TO STUDY ABROAD, UH, NOWADAYS AS A UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, UH, ESPECIALLY.
AND SO HARD TO KNOW HOW MANY IN A GIVEN YEAR, UH, IN THIS ONE QUARTER PERCENT ARE STUDYING ABROAD VERSUS LIVING AT HOME.
BUT THAT'S THE NUMBER, UH, OFF CAMPUS HOUSING, NOT AT HOME AROUND 40%.
AND THEN SOME, UH, ODDBALLS HERE AT, UH, 0.2% THAT THEY, THEY COULDN'T, COULDN'T CATEGORIZE.
AND AGAIN, TO COMPARE TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN TOWN GOWN FOR DEGREE SPEAKING STUDENTS, UH, 41% IN THE DORMS, ABOUT 6% IN AFFILIATE HOUSING IN 2024, UH, 22 AND A HALF OFF CAMPUS IN CAMBRIDGE.
AND, UH, 30.6 OUTSIDE CAMBRIDGE.
UH, I THINK WE HAD A QUESTION LAST YEAR ABOUT BUTO DATA.
SO, UH, WHAT IS BUTO? BUDDO IS THE BUILDING ENERGY USE DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2014, AND THE FIRST
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FULL CYCLE OF REPORTING WAS IN 2015.AND UNTIL THIS YEAR, IT HAS BEEN, UH, AS DESCRIBED A DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE, RIGHT? YOU JUST HAD TO REPORT YOUR ENERGY AND WATER USE IF YOU WERE A COVERED PROPERTY, WHO'S A COVERED PROPERTY, UH, ANY PARCEL WITH GREATER THAN 25,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL AREA ON THE PARCEL, OR, UH, 50 OR MORE UNITS OF RESIDENTIAL SPACE, OR IF IT'S A MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALLY OWNED PARCEL OR A MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 10,000 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S WHO HAS TO HAD TO DISCLOSE.
THAT'S WHO'S COVERED BY THE DISCLOSURE PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND, UH, SO THAT, UH, INCLUDES A LOT OF, UH, HARVARD, LESLIE, AND MIT PROPERTIES.
THEY'VE HAD BEEN DISCLOSING THEIR DATA SINCE, SINCE 2015, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BIG CHANGES IN, BUT, UH, IN THE, UH, ORDINANCE IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO IN 2023, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED AMENDMENTS THAT WILL REQUIRE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS.
SO BEFORE IT WAS JUST, YOU JUST HAVE TO TELL US HOW MUCH ENERGY YOU USE, THAT WAS THE ONLY REQUIREMENT.
BUT NOW, UH, STARTING IN THIS YEAR, UH, THE WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THESE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL REQUIRE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS IN TIME, UH, FOR ONLY NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
THERE'S NO EMISSION REDUCTION REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
AND, UH, THOSE NEW REGULATIONS TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR FOR BUILDINGS.
UH, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDINGS, UH, BEFORE, IF YOU NOTICED, UH, THE DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE IS A PARCEL BASED ORDINANCE.
YOU COULD HAVE AS MANY BUILDINGS AS YOU WANT ON THE PARCEL.
IF THEY ADDED UP TO 25,000 SQUARE FEET, YOU ARE COVERED.
BUT THE, UH, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, UH, THIS FIRST PHASE WILL, UH, BE FOR BUILDINGS A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR, OR LARGER.
AND, UH, THEN IN 2030, THAT, UH, REQUIREMENT WILL EXTEND DOWN TO, UH, BUILDINGS, NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, DOWN TO 25,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND, UH, WHAT THAT REQUIRES IS, UH, FOR THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET BUILDINGS WHERE THE, UH, REGULATIONS GO INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE TO ATTAIN NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2035.
AND THAT'S A STEPPED REQUIREMENT.
LIKE EVERY FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE A GOAL TO MEET, UH, GETTING TO 2035 AND THE 25,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS.
THEY HAVE TO ATTAIN NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050 WHEN THOSE REQUIREMENTS START IN 2030.
SO THEY'LL HAVE 20 YEARS AT THAT POINT.
AND, UH, BUTO, UH, I HAVE WORKED ON QUITE EXTENSIVELY IN, UH, MY OTHER HATS, UH, THAT I WEAR AS THE MANAGER FOR DATA SERVICES.
UH, IT'S QUITE A COMPLICATED AND NUANCED, UH, AND A VERY BIG TOPIC TOPIC AND MORE THAN WE CAN REALLY COVER IN ONE SLIDE IN THE CONTEXT OF TOWN GOWN.
BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW STATISTICS HERE JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT SHARE THE, UH, INSTITUTIONS MAKE UP OF THE, OF THE OVERALL BUTO PORTFOLIO.
AND ALSO JUST TO INTRODUCE WHAT BUTO IS AND WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING TO COMPLY WITH THE, UH, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE GOING INTO EFFECT.
SO WE COULD SEE THAT, UH, THE CATEGORIES HERE ARE REPORTS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, UH, THE, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO REPORT, UH, KIND OF BY A LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE GAS METER THAT SERVES TWO BUILDINGS ON A PARCEL, AND YOU CAN'T SPLIT OUT WHAT THE USAGE IS IN THOSE TWO BUILDINGS 'CAUSE YOU JUST HAVE ONE METER, RIGHT? SO, UH, OFTEN THE REPORTS WILL, UH, BE FOR MULTIPLE BUILDINGS, NOT A SINGLE BUILDING.
SO THIS IS A SHARE OF REPORTS, UH, FOR HARVARD, IT'S, UH, OVER 20%, MIT 13%, UH, LESLIE, LESS THAN 1%.
THE REST OF THE PEOPLE COVERED, UH, REST OF THE PARCELS AND, UH, PROPERTIES COVERED BY BUTO ABOUT ANOTHER TWO THIRDS, 65%.
AND THEN LOOKING JUST AT BUILDINGS.
SO EACH REPORT WE KNOW, UH, UH, ENCOMPASSES SEVERAL BUILDINGS.
THE PERCENTAGES ARE PRETTY SIMILAR.
HARVARD, 21.3, LESLIE 1.7, MIT, 10.3, AND OTHERS, UH, AGAIN, UH, ABOUT TWO THIRDS, 67% THERE.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE FLOOR AREA OF THOSE BUILDINGS, UM, HARVARD IS ABOUT 15% OF THE BUTO PORTFOLIO IN FLOOR AREA.
LESLIE, LESS THAN ONE, MIT ABOUT 17, UH, OTHERS ABOUT 68%.
AND THEN LOOKING AT EMISSIONS, HARVARD ABOUT 13%, SO LESS THAN THEIR OTHER PERCENTAGES.
MIT EMISSIONS ARE ABOUT 20.8% OF THE OVERALL BUTO PORTFOLIO.
AND AGAIN, THE REST ARE COMING IN AT ABOUT TWO THIRDS.
AND SO WHY WOULD MIT, UH, BE, UH, HAVING A, A LARGER SHARE OF EMISSIONS? UH, WE WILL KNOW MAYBE MORE ABOUT THAT
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AS WE START TO IMPLEMENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS THAT COME TO MIND IMMEDIATELY IS THAT, UH, MIT HAS A LOT OF TECHNICAL AND LABORATORY AND ENERGY INTENSIVE KIND OF USES AT THEIR CAMBRIDGE BUILDINGS, AND HARVARD DOES A LOT OF THAT WORK TOO.BUT A LOT OF THOSE BUILDINGS MIGHT BE ACROSS THE RIVER IN BOSTON.
YOU KNOW, THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL IS IN BOSTON, AND SO A LOT OF THEIR MORE INTE ENERGY INTENSIVE USES MIGHT JUST BE ELSEWHERE.
AND SO I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THIS REFLECTS NECESSARILY A ISSUE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THEIR BUILDINGS, WHICH, UH, I THINK IF YOU READ THE TOWN GOWN REPORTS, THEY GO INTO QUITE EXTENSIVE DETAIL ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT THEIR BUILDINGS.
BUT, UH, SOME USES ARE JUST INHERENTLY MORE ENERGY INTENSIVE THAN OTHERS.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY WHAT IS ACCOUNTING FOR THAT.
BUT AGAIN, UH, IT'S A NUANCED THING, AND YOU KIND OF HAVE TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS AND REALLY GET INTO THE DETAILS TO UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS.
IT'S HARD TO MAKE REAL COMPARISONS AT THIS HIGH LEVEL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S, IT'S MORE FAIR AND MORE SENSIBLE TO COMPARE A BUILDING TO ITSELF, WHICH IS WHAT THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OF THE ORDINANCE DO.
UH, ALTHOUGH, UH, I'LL INTRODUCE BULLET THREE HERE, THAT UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS PROPERTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO REPORT AS A CAMPUS AND APPLY THE EMISSIONS TARGETS, THE RATCHETING DOWN TARGETS TO A GROUP OF BUILDINGS INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALLY.
AND, UH, I THINK HARVARD AND MIT ARE LIKELY TO PURSUE THIS OPTION.
AND, UH, THAT'S CAMPUS IN, IN A BROAD SENSE.
THE, THE BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE TO BE ON A SINGLE PARCEL OR NEARBY.
THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, AND YOU COULD SAY, WELL, THESE WILL BE THE BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE A PART OF OUR CAMPUS.
AND SO YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, DRASTICALLY IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND MAYBE IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO DO SO WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER BUILDINGS.
BUT YOU ARE MEETING YOUR TARGETS ACROSS THE CAMPUS OF BUILDINGS.
SO THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
AND, UM, LIKE I SAY, THIS IS NOT TOO MUCH A, UH, TO REPORT ON BUTO, WHICH IS A VERY BIG AND COMPLEX TOPIC.
BUT IN FUTURE YEARS, WE MIGHT HAVE MORE TIME, UH, UH, MORE DATA TO REPORT.
AS THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS GO INTO EFFECT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT, WELL, HOW MANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES MET THE STANDARD, UH, THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THEM, UH, IN THE, IN THE FIVE YEAR, UH, INCREMENTS.
AND, UH, I JUST GOT A TIME CHECK HERE, BUT THAT IS THE END OF MY SLIDESHOW AND I WILL LEAVE IT UP IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND, UH, YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK TO A PARTICULAR SLIDE? THANK YOU, SCOTT.
UH, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MR. WALKER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME? I THINK A VERY THOROUGH, UH, PRESENTATION AND, AND, UH, YEAH, THIS IS AVAILABLE, UH, ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
ANYBODY IS WELCOME TO GO AND, UH, LOOK AT IT AND SEND ME QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THE DATA THAT'S PRESENTED THERE.
THERE'S ALSO OPEN DATA SET OF TOWN GOWN DATA, AND ALL THE HISTORIC, UH, SUMMARY DATA THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS IS, IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE TO REVIEW ALONG WITH THE REPORTS THAT THE SCHOOLS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, AFTER I PUT MY MUTE BACK ON.
UH, AT THIS POINT, SEEING NO QUESTIONS, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE FIRST PRESENTATION, UM, WHICH WILL BE FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
THE PRESENTATION WILL BE LED BY PER PERMA KAUR, AND WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR PRESENTATION TO 20 MINUTES.
UH, AND PLEASE BE SURE TO INTRODUCE OTHER SPEAKERS ON YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR SITZ AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
I AM THE CHIEF OF UNIVERSITY PLANNING AND DESIGN AT HARVARD.
I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE THE ANNUAL TOWN GOWN PRESENTATION FOR HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
UM, AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE UPDATES ON HARVARD'S CAMPUS, AS WELL AS LEARN ABOUT INITIATIVES FROM OUR NEIGHBORING INSTITUTIONS.
I AM JOINED TONIGHT BY A NUMBER OF HARVARD COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING OUR PRESENTERS, ALEXANDRA, OFF YOUNG DIRECTOR OF PLANNING SERVICES IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY, PLANNING AND DESIGN, HEATHER HENDRICKSON, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
AND TOM LUCY, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS AT HARVARD, PLANNING, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATION.
TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON THREE AREAS, HARVARD'S CURRENT PLANNING AND PROJECTS, OUR CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY,
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UH, EFFORTS, AND THE UNIVERSITY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH CAMBRIDGE AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF OUR PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ROLE OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND SPECIFICALLY OUR CAMBRIDGE CAMPUS HARVARD'S CA CAMPUS IN CAMBRIDGE.
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1636, OUR MISSION HAS BEEN ROOTED IN SERVING THE COMMON GOOD THROUGH TEACHING, LEARNING, AND DISCOVERY.
AND CAMBRIDGE HAS BEEN ITS HISTORIC DYNAMIC AND VITAL HEART TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR TEACHING AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES.
HARVARD'S CAMPUS CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND INNOVATE, RENOVATING AND BUILDING, CUTTING EDGE, EDGE FACILITIES DESIGNED TO OPTIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION, DISCOVERY, AND LEARNING.
THE UNIVERSITY IS GUIDED BY PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, AND TONIGHT YOU WILL HEAR MUCH MORE ABOUT HOW HARVARD CONTINUES TO BE A LEADER IN SUSTAINABILITY AND ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.
HARVARD'S CAMPUS IS ALSO A RESOURCE FOR CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENRICHMENT AND ENJOYMENT.
AND THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY.
OUR LONGSTANDING AND COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOWN AND GOWN IS ILLUSTRATED IN MYRIAD WAYS, INCLUDING OUR COMM COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING A VIBRANT HARVARD SQUARE PROGRAMS, WHICH SUPPORT THE CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INITIATIVES, WHICH PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS.
HARVARD LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF CAMBRIDGE THROUGH THESE AND OTHER INITIATIVES IN THE YEARS TO COME.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ALEXANDRA O YOUNG, WHO WILL WALK US THROUGH THE CAMPUS PLANNING AND PROJECTS UPDATE.
I'M ALEXANDRA AFI YOUNG FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY PLANNING AND DESIGN.
UH, TO START, I'M GOING TO OFFER, UH, A VERY BRIEF PROFILE OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE TO SET THE STAGE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO PLANNING AND PROJECTS.
UM, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE CAMBRIDGE CAMPUS IS THE HEART OF OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
IT'S HOME TO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND UNITS, UH, THAT COMPRISE THE LARGER UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING HARVARD COLLEGE FOR THE UNDERGRADUATES, AND, UM, AND SEVEN GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS REPRESENTING ARTS AND SCIENCES, DESIGN, DIVINITY, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, GOVERNMENT AND LAW.
SO HARVARD HAS A CAMBRIDGE BASED POPULATION OF ABOUT 40,000 AFFILIATES, AND TWO THIRDS OF THAT POPULATION ARE OUR STUDENTS THAT TOTAL MORE THAN 25,000.
UM, HARVARD ALSO HAS OVER 13,000 CAMBRIDGE BASED EMPLOYEES, FACULTY AND STAFF, UH, MAKING THE UNIVERSITY THE LONGEST, THE LONGSTANDING LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
UH, HARVARD ALSO EMPLOYS 4,400 CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS WHO WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY, BOTH IN CAMBRIDGE AND BOSTON NEXT.
UM, SO HARVARD HAS A SUBSTANTIAL PHYSICAL PLANT, MORE THAN 16 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SPACE, UH, IN CAMBRIDGE.
AND THAT COMPRISES RESIDENTIAL, ACADEMIC, AND SUPPORT FACILITIES.
UH, THE SIGNIFICANT HOUSING COMPONENT ENABLES US TO HOUSE ALL OF OUR UNDERGRADUATES ON CAMPUS AND PROVIDES THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE MORE THAN 50% OF OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY HOUSING NEXT.
SO AS PORTMA MENTIONED, OUR CAMPUS IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY INTEGRATED INTO THE BROADER CITY AND REGIONAL CONTEXT, AND IT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPORTING VIBRANT PUBLIC SPACES.
SO HARVARD SQUARE HAS BEEN THE UNIVERSITY'S HISTORIC HOME FOR NEARLY FOUR CENTURIES.
UM, AND HARVARD PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SQUARE AS A MAJOR PROPERTY OWNER AND AN ANCHOR INSTITUTION.
AND THE SQUARE IN TURN PLAYS A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN CAMPUS LIFE, UH, ON MANY LEVELS AS A MARKETPLACE, A DESTINATION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE.
IT'S WHERE WE WELCOME VISITORS AND WHERE WE CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE CHARLES RIVER BOUNDS AND CONNECTS OUR CAMPUS.
IT PROVIDES A, A BEAUTIFUL SETTING FOR RESPITE AND RECREATION AND SPORT.
UM, AND HARVARD CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS TO AN ENJOYMENT
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OF THE CHARLES RIVER IN, IN VARIOUS WAYS.WE, UM, ARE ALWAYS IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACCESS.
UM, WE MAINTAIN THE JFK MEMORIAL PARK.
WE'VE RECENTLY MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS INTO OUR BOATHOUSES ON, ON THE RIVER.
UH, AND OF COURSE, EVERY YEAR WE HOST THE HEAD OF THE CHARLES REGATTA.
HARVARD'S CAMPUS IS ALSO, UM, HOME TO A WIDE ARRAY ARRAY OF FACILITIES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM OUR CAMPUS OPEN SPACES TO PERFORMING ARTS VENUES, LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, UM, SPORTING EVENTS, AND VISITOR SERVICES AT THE SMITH CAMPUS CENTER.
SO NOW I WILL TURN TO OUR CAMPUS PLANNING FRAMEWORK AND A FEW CURRENT PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS.
SO, CAMPUS PLANNING AT HARVARD IS GUIDED BY A SET OF CORE PRINCIPLES THAT ENSURE, UH, THAT PHYSICAL CHANGES ARE BALANCED, DELIBERATE, AND ALIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S VALUES.
UH, SO THESE PRINCIPLES SHAPE HOW THE CAMPUS GROWS AND CHANGES, AND THEY REINFORCE, REINFORCE PRIORITIES SUCH AS, UH, PRESERVING THE CAMPUS CHARACTER, HONORING THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY CONTEXT, AND MAINTAINING A WELCOMING, CONNECTED, AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT.
SO WITH THOSE PRINCIPLES IN MIND, UM, I WILL HIGHLIGHT, UH, SEVERAL CURRENT PROJECTS ACROSS CAMPUS.
AND THESE ARE, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES, UH, OF PROJECTS INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, ACADEMIC, MIXED USE, AND LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO HARVARD UNIVERSITY IS CONTINUING ITS SUSTAINED EFFORT TO RENEW OUR UNDERGRADUATE HOUSING.
UH, LAST SUMMER WE COMPLETED THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF THE ADAMS HOUSE RENEWAL, WHICH IS AN UNDERGRADUATE DORM IN HARVARD SQUARE.
UH, THIS, THIS PHASE ENCOMPASSED RUSSELL HALL AND WEST MORLEY COURT, UH, AND THAT THOSE BUILDINGS HOUSE MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS, UH, AND THEY INCLUDE MANY OF THE PRIMARY COMMON SPACES OF THE HOUSE, LIKE SUCH AS THE DINING HALL AND THE LIBRARY.
SO THIS WAS A COMPREHENSIVE RENOVATION.
IT ADDRESSED ALL ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING, THE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, LAYOUTS, SUSTAINABILITY, UH, WITH AN INTENT TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES WHILE MODERNIZING THEM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LIVING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS A VIEW INSIDE ADAM'S HOUSE.
UH, THE PROJECT RESTORED SOME VERY SPECIAL HISTORIC SPACES, UH, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL 1930S LIBRARY, UH, AND THE UPPER COMMON ROOM.
IT ALSO INTRODUCED SOME STRATEGIC ALTERATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONSERVATORY INFILL EDITION, UH, ON THE LOWER RIGHT, WHICH, UM, PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL DINING CAPACITY AND IT UNLOCKED ACCESSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX.
SO, BUILDING ON THE WORK AT ADAM'S HOUSE, UH, HARVARD HAS ALREADY BEGUN THE NEXT HOUSE RENEWAL PROJECT AT ELLIOT HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF MEMORIAL DRIVE AND JFK STREET.
UH, THIS IS A COMPREHEN COMPREHENSIVE RENOVATION THAT SIMILARLY, UH, INCLUDES THE RESTORATION OF THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPE AS WELL AS A FULL INTERIOR RENEWAL.
UM, AND SO WE ARE CONTINUING ON THIS LONG INITIATIVE.
RECENTLY, UH, THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES COMPLETED THE RENOVATION OF THE UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING LABS AT THE HARVARD SCIENCE CENTER.
SO THIS PROJECT, UM, NOT ONLY UPGRADED THE CORE BUILDING SYSTEMS AND TEACHING SPACES, BUT IT ALSO, UH, IMPROVED THE QUALITY AND FEEL OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
UH, THE, IT'S MAKING THE BUILDING MORE ACCESSIBLE.
IT'S INTRODUCING NATURAL LIGHT INTO OFFICES AND CLASSROOMS, UH, AND MORE TRANSPARENCY INTO THE TEACHING LABS.
UH, AND THE INTENT IS REALLY TO FOSTER WELLBEING AND COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATION.
SO IN THE HEART OF HARVARD SQUARE, THE UNIVERSITY IS PARTNERING WITH THE HARVARD COOP TO RE-ENVISION THE BUILDING AT 12 TO 18 PALMER STREET, WHICH IS THE FORMER COOP ANNEX BUILDING.
THIS IS A MIXED USE PROJECT, UH, THAT WILL FEATURE ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USES.
UH, THERE'LL BE NEW STREET FURNITURE AND PLANTERS, AS WELL AS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ART AND LIVE PERFORMANCES.
UH, AND THIS IS ALL INTENDED TO SUPPORT
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THE VITALITY OF HARVARD SQUARE.ON THE NORTH CAMPUS, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON A NEW HOME FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS.
THIS WILL BE A NEW EIGHT STORY, 109,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
UH, AND THIS TRANSFORMS THIS PART OF CAMPUS BY REPLACING A SURFACE PARKING LOT.
WITH THIS NEW HIGHLY SUSTAINABLE ACADEMIC FACILITY, UH, IT'S BEEN CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN CAMPUS PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION.
UM, IT WILL BRING IN ABUNDANT NATURAL LIGHT AND INTRODUCE A GREEN ROOF, UH, AND ALSO A NEW LANDSCAPED QUADRANGLE THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
SO THIS IS HARVARD'S FIRST ALL ELECTRIC BUILDING.
IF YOU CAN GO BACK, UM, THE FIRST ALL ELECTRIC BUILDING UNDER THE NEW ENERGY CODE AND THE PROJECT IS PURSUING, UH, LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE CORE CERTIFICATION.
NEXT, SO MOVING OVER TO KIRKLAND STREET.
UH, HARVARD IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING THE FRONT PLAZA AT WILLIAM JAMES HALL.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT BEGAN WITH THE NEED TO REPLACE FAILING WATERPROOFING, UH, OVER THE BASIN SPACES THAT ARE BELOW THE EXISTING PLAZA.
SO THAT NECESSARY REPAIR CREATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY COMPLETELY RETHINK WHAT HAD LONG BEEN A VERY UNDERUTILIZED HARDSCAPED AREA THAT HAD JUST AN INCREDIBLY HARSH, UH, AND WINDY MICROCLIMATE.
SO THE REDESIGN PLAZA WILL BECOME A, A VERY LUSH AND LANDSCAPED SPACE.
IT THERE'LL BE A NEW GROVE OF TREES AND NEW PLANTINGS AND INTEGRATED SEEDING, AND WILL JUST BE A MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE, ACCESSIBLE AND INVITING SPACE.
AND THIS WILL BE OPENING, UM, THIS SPRING.
THE FINAL PROJECT, UH, IS ONE AT 15 MOUNT AUBURN STREET, WHERE WE ARE POISED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION SOON.
UM, THIS WILL BE A NEW 6,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WILL SERVE AS THE HOME FOR THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
IT WILL MAINTAIN THE SCALE OF THE FORMER MANSARD STRUCTURE, BUT IT WILL OFFER AN IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP TO ITS NEIGHBORS.
UH, THE DESIGN USES MATERIALITY AND COLOR TO CONNECT WITH ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE, UH, LIKE TREE BARK AND WAMPUM SHELLS, WHICH ARE DEPLOYED AS CONTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
SO THIS WILL BE A FULLY ELECTRIC BUILDING AND WILL ALSO OFFER AN IMPROVED PUBLIC REALM, INCLUDING REBUILT SIDEWALKS AND NEW PLANTINGS.
ON THE MOBILITY FRONT, WE RECENTLY SURVEYED HARVARD'S COMMUTING POPULATION AND CONSISTENT WITH PAST YEARS, THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUTERS ARE USING SUSTAINABLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO CAMPUS, THINGS LIKE TELECOMMUTING, WALKING, TRANSIT, AND BIKING.
AND ONLY, UH, ABOUT 13% ARE DRIVING ALONE TO CAMPUS.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS AN INTEREST IN WHAT'S HAPPENING ON HARVARD'S CAMPUS ACROSS THE RIVER IN AUSTIN.
UH, THE FIRST PHASE OF HARVARD'S ENTERPRISE RESEARCH CAMPUS IS LARGELY COMPLETE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, THE DAVID, THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN TREE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTER, THE ATLAS HOTEL, AND THE VERA RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ARE ALL NOW, UH, OPERATIONAL.
AND THE ALSTON WAY, WHICH IS A LANDSCAPED GREEN SPACE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS WILL BE OPENING IN THE SPRING.
CONSTRUCTION IS ALSO WELL UNDERWAY ON THE DAVID E AND STACY L GOAL CENTER FOR CREATIVITY AND PERFORMANCE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, UH, WHICH THE BUILDING WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE STREET.
UH, THIS WILL BE THE NEW HOME FOR THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER AND WILL PROVIDE TWO NEW PERFORMANCE VENUES, UH, OPENING TO AUDIENCES IN SPRING OF 2027.
SO THE A RT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AT THE LOEB DRAMA CENTER THROUGH THE END OF 2026.
ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THAT SAME SITE IS 100 SOUTH CAMPUS DRIVE, UH, A NEW 14 STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
UH, THAT'S THE TALLER BUILDING SET BEHIND THE GOAL CENTER.
UH, AND THIS WILL PROVIDE 546 BEDS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND OTHER HARVARD AFFILIATES ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF HARVARD SQUARE.
AND THIS PROJECT WILL STRENGTHEN HARVARD'S POSITION, UH, OF BEST IN CLASS IN TERMS OF HOUSING OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS RAISING OUR CAPACITY TO HOUSE GRAD STUDENTS TO
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ABOUT 57%.SO THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATES, AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER HENDRICKSON, HARVARD'S CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER.
IT'S NICE TO BE WITH EVERYONE TONIGHT AGAIN, HEATHER HENDRICKSON, HARVARD'S CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER.
I'LL START, UM, WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A HOLISTIC VISION FRAMEWORK FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACTION ON CLIMATE, HEALTH AND COMMUNITY.
UM, I'LL TALK LATER ABOUT OUR GOALS AND STANDARDS, BUT I'LL SAY OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN OVERALL.
AND OUR PILOT PROJECTS GOAL IS REALLY TO WORK WITH OUR FACULTY AND STAFF AND STUDENTS TO LEVERAGE THE ADOPTION OF SCALABLE SOLUTIONS THAT FURTHER CLIMATE ACTION AND PROMOTE A HEALTHIER PEOPLE AND PLANET.
WE LEVERAGE OUR FACULTY AND STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR AND IN SEVERAL KEY PARTNERSHIPS AND AREAS.
UH, THE FIRST IS THE SATA INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY.
THIS IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INITIATIVE ON CAMPUS WITH THE GOAL OF FINDING REAL WORLD SOLUTIONS.
UM, OUR PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH IS CO-LED BY FACULTY, TWO FACULTY MEMBERS AND OUR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT WITH FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND STAFF.
AND THEIR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY AND KEY DECISIONS ARE GROUNDED IN RESEARCH.
AND THE LATEST IDEAS, THE HARVARD INNOVATION LAB, UM, THAT BRINGS TOGETHER FACULTY, STUDENTS, ALUMNI, ALUMNI TO DEVELOP CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AND VENTURES, AND OUR COUNCIL FOR STUDENTS SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS.
SO IT IS, UM, CONVENED BY MY OFFICE AND IS, UH, HAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COLLEGE AND ALL THE GRADUATE, UH, SCHOOLS.
AND THEY TOGETHER NOT ONLY ADVISE US, BUT REALLY WORK WITH US TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY ON CAMPUS.
THE SALATA INSTITUTE, THESE ARE SOME OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS LAST YEAR, I'LL JUST BUNDLE THEM.
THEY HAVE 10 CORE RESEARCH INITIATIVES, UM, SERVING OVER 200 FACULTY ASSOCIATES WHERE, AND THEY GAVE OUT, UH, OVER SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN RESEARCH SUPPORT LAST YEAR.
AND THEY REALLY ARE ALSO VERY FOCUSED ON STUDENTS, THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THEY SERVE, AND THE INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER FUNDING THEY GIVE THEM.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE, UH, HOW WE'RE BACK TO THE INSTITUTIONAL ACTION PLAN, HOW, WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY BREAK DOWN THIS INTO GOALS, POLICY, PROGRAMS, AND PLANNING.
SO I WILL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS AND START WITH OUR CLIMATE GOALS AS A REMOTE.
AS A REMINDER, UH, WE HAVE HAD FO THESE NEW CLIMATE GOALS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2018 TO BE FOSSIL FUEL FREE BY 2050.
SO ZERO FOSSIL FUELS IN OUR DISTRICT ENERGY ARE, UM, BUILDINGS ARE FLEET, OUR FLEET MUST BE ELECTRIC, AND, UM, ALL OF OUR ELECTRICITY SHOULD COME FROM RENEW RENEWABLE SOURCES.
WE ALSO AS A BRIDGING STRATEGY OF NEUTRALITY GOAL, WHICH, UM, WE'RE ON TRACK TO MEET BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR WHEN IT'S DUE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TWO SCOPE THREE TARGETS, AND I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT OUR EMBODIED CARBON, UM, TARGETS IN A MINUTE.
UM, RESILIENCY IS BUILT INTO THESE, THIS PLANNING EFFORTS AND BUILD ON OUR ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR FIRST GOAL OF A 40% CUT IN EMISSIONS, 30% WHEN YOU ADDED IN GROWTH IN 2016.
SO THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GETTING STARTED TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THESE CLIMATE GOALS? A RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSORTIUM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, MIT, MASS GENERAL, BRIGHAM, AND OTHER NONPROFITS TOGETHER, UM, THESE REPRESENT TWO BRAND NEW UTILITY OR LARGE SCALE, UM, RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.
YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE NOW BOTH UP AND RUNNING COLLECTIVELY.
UM, THEY ARE AVOIDING A MILLION METRIC TONS OF EMISSIONS PER YEAR, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO PROVIDING ELECTRICITY FOR ABOUT 130,000 HOMES.
AND HARVARD'S PORTION OF THE CONSORTIUM, UM, BY, UH, WILL CO DOES COVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR ELECTRICITY USE.
SO WE'RE ALREADY A HUNDRED PERCENT ELECTRIC WITH OUR RENEWABLES.
OUR HOLISTIC SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS.
WE HAVE HAD BUILDING STANDARDS SINCE SHORTLY AFTER OUR OFFICE WAS CREATED.
UM, THEY HAVE ALWAYS TARGETED THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION.
THE BIG CHANGE, UM, OVER THE YEARS, AND MOST RECENTLY IN OUR NEW VERSION IN 2024, IS THAT WE ARE TARGETING, UM, INSTEAD OF LEAD LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE, WHICH IS A MORE AMBITIOUS CERTIFICATION ACCORDING TO OUR FACULTY, UM, AND MORE HOLISTIC IN NATURE.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
WE ALSO, IN ADDITION TO A THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION, DO NOT ALLOW ANY FOSSIL FUELS IN RENOVATED BUILDINGS, UH, AND NEW BUILDINGS.
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OF AT LEAST 20% OF BODY CARBON AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTH AND RESILIENCY REQUIREMENTS.SO LET ME JUST TALK FOR A SECOND ABOUT LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE.
UM, CORE CERTIFICATION, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, UM, AGAIN, OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY FACULTY WHO ADVISED US AND OUTSIDE EXPERTS, UM, THOUGHT IT WAS VERY HOLISTIC IN NATURE.
IT'S PERFORMANCE BASED, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T GET CERTIFICATION UNTIL A YEAR AFTER YOUR BUILDING IS OPERATING.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO MEET THE TARGETS THAT YOU INDICATED ARE YOUR GOALS.
AND THE GOALS THEMSELVES ARE REALLY NET NET POSITIVE OR GO BEYOND LESS BAD OR REDUCTIONS.
AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO MEET ALL 10.
SO, UM, AND YOU SEE THAT THEIR CLIMATE, THEIR HEALTH, THEIR RESILIENCE, UM, AND BEYOND.
ON TOP OF THIS, WE HAVE THE HARVARD HEALTHIER BUILDING ACADEMY, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR OFFICE AND FACULTY.
IN ADDITION TO, UM, BEING FOCUSED ON INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND NO FOSSIL FUELS AND BUILDINGS, WE'VE CONTINUED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS TO REALLY BUILD UP OUR SUPPLY CHAIN WORK.
AND SO THAT IS TO SPECIFY, UM, BUILDING MATERIALS THAT DO NOT HAVE NOT ONLY LOW BODY CARBON, BUT ALSO DO NOT HAVE TOXIC PETROCHEMICALS IN THEM AT THEIR BASE FOREVER.
CHEMICALS, LAMB, CHARS, ANTIMICROBIALS, PVC, THESE ARE ALL FOSSIL FUELS AT THEIR BASE.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY DRIVING, UM, TRANSPARENCY AND OPTIMIZATION IN OUR PROJECTS ON CAMPUS.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN EXPANDING OUR, OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET.
UM, LAST YEAR WE ADDED 18 NEW EVS, UM, WITH THE FIRST IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE TWO A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, EV PASSENGER VANS, AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST EV PICKUP TRUCK.
UM, WE ALSO ADDED 27 NEW, UM, EV CHARGING STATIONS IN FINE LOCATIONS FOR 50 TOTAL ON OUR DECARBONIZATION STRATEGY.
IT'S REALLY A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH.
SO AS WE LOOK TO GETTING TO ZERO FOSSIL FUELS AND WE'RE DOING, UM, MULTI-YEAR DEEP ENERGY OR ENGINEERING STUDIES, RATHER ON BOTH OUR DISTRICT ENERGY BUILDINGS, WE'RE WORKING TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR CURRENT PROJECTS.
SO NOW I'M GONNA TIE TOGETHER OUR CLIMATE GOALS, OUR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS, AND OUR DECARBONIZATION IN SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF PROJECTS.
SO THESE ARE, UM, OUR FIRST PILOT PROJECTS FOR LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE CORPS AND THESE NEW STANDARDS ACROSS THE RIVER, THE RUBENSTEIN TREEHOUSE CONFERENCE CENTER AND THE GO ALL CENTER FOR, UM, CREATIVITY AND PERFORMANCE.
THEY'RE BOTH MASS TIMBER BUILDINGS, THE FIRST FOR HARVARD.
UH, THEY ALSO, UM, ARE USING, UH, LOW AND BODY CARBON CONCRETE AND ANOTHER FIRST, NOT ONLY ARE THEY USING THOSE UH, MATERIALS, BUT AN INNOVATION WITH OUR FACULTY.
USUALLY LOW AND BODY CARBON CONCRETE USES ACTUALLY A BYPRODUCT OF COAL TO CLAIM THAT REDUCTION.
WE'RE USED A RECYCLED GLASS INSTEAD TO LOWER THE EMBODIED CARBON.
AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN DONE IN MASSACHUSETTS IN THE STRUCTURE OF A BUILDING.
BOTH PROJECTS ALSO IN THE RESILIENCY FRONT, UM, ARE MANAGING ONSITE 90 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR STORMWATER AND THEY'RE REUSING, UM, RAINWATER FOR IRRIGATION AND TOILET FLUSHING.
NEST EXAMPLE ADDS, UM, THIS IS AGAIN THE INSIDE OF THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN TREE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTER.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THE THINGS I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, IT'S ALSO GOT ENHANCED INDOOR AIR QUALITY ACCESS TO DAYLIGHT FOR 90% OF UM, SPACES.
AND IT'S USING BIRD SAFE GLASS, REGIONAL NATIVE PLANTING TO SUPPORT HABITAT AND RESILIENCE AND AGAIN, REDUCED IRRIGATION DEMAND AND VERY, VERY LOW ENERGY BUILDING.
I MIGHT ADD TO THIS, ALL IS LESSONS LEARNED THAT ARE BEING LEVERAGED IN THE PRITZKER HALL THAT ALEXANDER TALKED ABOUT IN CAMBRIDGE.
I'LL JUST SAY A COUPLE THINGS.
SHE, IN ADDITION TO PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING BEING A ALL ELECTRIC BUILDING OR THE NEW CODE, VERY LOW ENERGY WITH, UM, USE WITH IRRADIATE HEATING AND COOLING NATURAL VENTILATION CAPABILITY.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S DESIGNED FOR THERMAL RESILIENCE FROM MINUS 15 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT TO 105 DEGREES.
IT ALSO WILL RETURNING RE WE WILL BE ACHIEVING AT LEAST A 20% CUT IN BODY CARBON WITH THE, UM, GROUND GLASS PA IN CEMENT AND OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING THE SITE, GREEN ROOFS AND GREENERY THROUGHOUT THE BUILDINGS, AND THEY TRANSFORMED, UH, A PARKING SPOT INTO GREEN SPACE.
IN THIS PROJECT, WE'RE ALSO SEIZING EVERYDAY PROJECTS, SO THIS IS A MECHANICAL UPGRADE.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS WITH FOSSIL FUELS.
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INSTEAD, WE WORKED WITH THE PROJECT TEAM TO REDUCE TO NEARLY, UM, ELECTRIFY AND TO DECARBONIZE THIS PROJECT.SO 90% OF THE, UM, TIME OF THE YEAR, IT WILL BE RUNNING AN ALL ELECTRIC NEXT SLIDE.
UH, LES, DO YOU THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE FORGOTTEN OUR HISTORIC RENOVATIONS.
UM, WE'RE DOING THESE, THE SAME WORK IN THESE PROJECTS.
THE ELLIOT HOUSE, WHICH IS OUR NEWEST, UM, RENOVATION UNDERWAY, IS ALSO TARGETING THESE NEW STANDARDS OF LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE CORE AND THE NEW, UM, ALL-INCLUSIVE, UM, INTERIORS AND SOME EXTERIORS OF THE, UM, HEALTHIER BUILDING ACADEMY.
THEY'RE USING A VERY INNOVATIVE ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM IN THAT BUILDING.
AND JUST LIKE ADAM'S HOUSE, THEY'RE REPLACING ALL OF THE WINDOWS.
UH, ALSO, OUR SMALLER PROJECTS, UM, ARE PILOTS FOR US AND, AND DEMONSTRATE, UM, LEADERSHIP.
THESE, UH, UM, TWO PROJECTS IN CAMBRIDGE ARE THE FIRST UNITED STATES TO BE FULLY CERTIFIED PASSIVE HOUSE IN THE MULTI-FAMILY CATEGORY.
WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD THAT WE, THEY RECEIVED A CAMBRIDGE HISTORIC PRE UM, COMMISSION, UH, AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION WITH ACHIEVING ALL THESE THINGS, INCLUDING LOW BODY CARBON.
SO BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THREE EXAMPLES OF REPLICA REPLICABILITY, WHICH AGAIN, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, IS OUR GOAL WITH OUR CAMPUS.
SO NOT JUST ONE FLAGSHIP PROJECT, BUT ALL OF OUR MA NEW BUILDINGS AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS ARE TARGETING LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE CORPS AND THEIR HARVARD HEALTH BUILDING ACADEMY STANDARDS.
WE'RE ALSO TAKING EXAMPLES LIKE THE LOW EMBODIED CARBON CONCRETE AND DOING THAT ACROSS OUR CAMPUS AND HELPING OTHERS OUTSIDE IN MASSACHUSETTS DO THIS WORK.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR HEALTHIER OUR HEALTHIER MATERIALS WORK IS WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PILOT PROJECT THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON A K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL WHERE WE'RE REPLICATING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THESE PROJECTS.
I'VE BEEN TALKING IN AT HARVARD IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL, SAME, SAME PRODUCTS.
AGAIN, THESE PRODUCTS DON'T COST MORE.
AND HARVARD DONATED OVER 200 EXTRA HOURS OF RESEARCH AND WAS ON THE PROJECT TEAM WORKING WITH THEM AND EDUCATING THEM, THE CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND EVEN CHANGING MANUFACTURERS FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO THIS IS THE GOAL AT SCALE, TO DO IT IN OUR CAMPUS AND THEN SCALE IT OUT AND HELP THE WORLD DO THIS FASTER.
AND THEN LAST SLIDE IS JUST TO SAY, UM, IF YOU WANNA CHECK OUT BROADLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AT HARVARD EVERY YEAR, WE PUBLISH IN THE FALL A SUSTAINABILITY REPORT CARD THAT IS, UM, HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE AND SHOWS HOW WE'RE DOING AGAINST OUR GOALS, OUR STANDARDS, AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN.
I'M TURNING IT OVER NOW TO MY COLLEAGUE TOM LUCY.
I'M PLEASED TO JOIN YOU TONIGHT, UH, TO SHARE A PORTION OF HARVARD'S ANNUAL TOM GOWN REPORT.
WE ARE PROUD TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE ON SHARED PRIORITIES SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABILITY, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY, AND OF COURSE EDUCATION.
HARVARD MAINTAINS A SERIES OF LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE CITY.
TONIGHT WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE EFFORTS IN THE AREAS OF PARTNERING WITH THE CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORTING KEY GOALS AND INITIATIVES, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AND COMMUNITY ACCESS TO HARVARD'S CAMPUS AND PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SUPPORTING CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A PRIORITY FOR HARVARD.
WE WORK WITH CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES IN MULTIPLE PATHS TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
HARVARD PROGRAMS ARE IN EVERY SINGLE CPS SCHOOL, RANGING FROM CURRICULUM-BASED INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT ALL STUDENTS IN VARIOUS GRADE LEVELS, TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL, TO INTERNSHIPS IN HARVARD LABS, TO PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR FAMILIES.
HARVARD OFFERS THE MIND MATTERS PROGRAM AND COORDINATION WITH THE CPS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, WHICH PROVIDES CAREGIVERS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, AND ACADEMIC NEEDS OF CHILDREN'S AGES THREE THROUGH EIGHT.
WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO OF THE ACCESS TO HARVARD COLLEGE FOR CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS.
CAMBRIDGE SCHOOLS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN PIPELINES TO HARVARD.
DURING THE PAST ACADEMIC YEAR, 23 STUDENTS FROM CAMBRIDGE WERE ACCEPTED.
AND DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 120 CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS WERE ADMITTED.
HARVARD PROVIDES CPS WITH KEY ELEMENTS IN THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER AWARENESS CURRICULUM.
TWO SUCH PROGRAMS ARE EDUCATION DAY AND PROJECT TEACH.
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EVERY CPS SIXTH GRADER VISITS THE CAMPUS ON EDUCATION DAY TO MEET WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE CAMPUS LIFE.AND THIS YEAR THEY ATTENDED A WOMAN'S BASKETBALL GAME TO CAP OFF THEIR DAY WITH PROJECT TEACH EVERY SEVENTH GRADER VISITS CAMPUS FOR A FULL DAY OF IMMERSION.
STUDENTS ATTEND SESSIONS LED BY HARVARD FACULTY AND STUDENTS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND ARTS.
HARVARD'S MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SUPPLEMENTS CPS SCIENCE CURRICULUM BY WELCOMING HUNDREDS OF CPS STUDENTS FOR FIELD TRIPS, PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT VARIOUS GRADE LEVELS.
OTHER HARVARD MUSEUMS, AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER OFFER SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN FREE ADMISSION FOR CRLS STUDENTS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL STEM LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE EMERGING SCIENTIST PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM INCLUDES AN EVOLUTION DAY FIELD TRIP FOR CRLS STUDENTS, AS WELL AS TWO HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, THE MARINE SCIENCE INTERNSHIP, AND THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH.
IN INTERNSHIP, THESE CONNECT CLS STUDENTS WITH HARVARD RESEARCHERS TO EXPLORE STEM CAREER PATHS.
OTHER INTERNSHIP AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, THE SCIENCE RESEARCH MENTORING PROGRAM, AND THE RADCLIFFE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO PLACE STUDENTS IN WORK ENVIRONMENTS TO GAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN EVALUATE CAREER OPTIONS.
THE SCIENCE MENTORING PROGRAM PROVIDES CRLS STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A YEAR LONG RESEARCH PROJECT IN ASTROPHYSICS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A HARVARD OR MIT SCIENTIST.
THE RADCLIFFE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM CONNECTS CRLS SOPHOMORES WITH HARVARD UNDERGRADUATES FOR YEAR LONG MENTORING.
IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, HARVARD OFFERS CPS TEACHERS WITH FREE AND REDUCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE EXAMPLE IS THE JAMES BRYANT COHEN FELLOWSHIP FUND THAT COVERS THE FULL TUITION FOR CPS TEACHERS WHO ARE ACCEPTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.
THE CO THE CAMBRIDGE HARVARD SUMMER ACADEMY IS A PARTNERSHIP FUNDED BY HARVARD THAT SERVES THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR CRLS STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONS DESIGNED TO CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.
ANOTHER OFFERING IS THE HARVARD CRIMSON SUMMER ACADEMY, WHICH IS A RIGOROUS ENRICHMENT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ACADEMICALLY TALENTED, BUT FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS MENTORING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO EXCEL IN COLLEGE, STUDENTS RECEIVE A LAPTOP, A STIPEND, SO THEY CAN ATTEND SUMMER ACADEMIC SESSIONS IN PLACE OF A SUMMER JOB, AS WELL AS A SCHOLARSHIP TO OFFSET THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN OFFERS THE DESIGN DISCOVERY PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS CRLS STUDENTS TO BE INTRODUCED TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, URBAN PLANNING, GRAPHIC INDUSTRIAL, AND FINE ARTS, AND PUTS THE STUDENTS IN A POSITION TO EXPLORE THESE DISCIPLINES AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.
HARVARD CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND LOCAL NONPROFITS ON VARIOUS INITIATIVES IN CAMBRIDGE.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAMBRIDGE BASED FOOD FOR FREE, WHICH ADDRESSES CHRONIC HUNGER, CHRONIC HUNGER IN CAMBRIDGE AND GREATER BOSTON.
HARVARD DONATES FOOD FROM ITS DINING HALLS TO FOOD FOR FREE, WHICH THEN DISTRIBUTES IT TO THOSE IN NEED.
DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR, HARVARD DONATES APPROXIMATELY 2000 NUTRITIOUS MEALS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FOOD FOR FREE WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY TO DISTRIBUTE THESE MEALS.
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL SERVES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH IN-HOUSE CLINICS AND STUDENT RUN VOLUNTEER GROUPS.
HLS STUDENTS PROVIDE FREE LEGAL HELP TO RESIDENTS ON ISSUES RANGING FROM HOUSING, FAMILY LAW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TAXES, CONSUMER PROTECTION, GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, CRIMINAL DEFENSE, AND IMMIGRATION.
ON AVERAGE, APPROXIMATELY 700 CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS RECEIVE PRO BONO LEGAL ASSISTANCE ANNUALLY.
HARVARD HAS A VARIETY OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, WHICH OFFER CAMBRIDGE AND ALLSTATE RESIDENTS WITH MARKET DRIVEN SKILLS-BASED PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS, AND EVENTS.
HARVARD ALSO PARTNERS WITH ORGANIZED LABOR TO SUPPORT CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF TRADESPEOPLE.
HARVARD WORKS WITH THE CITY ON A RANGE OF ISSUES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS.
THESE INCLUDE DESIGNING AND INSTALLING BIKE FACILITIES AND IMPROVING THE REALM IN HARVARD SQUARE.
IN RECENT YEARS, HARVARD IMPLEMENTED OVER $10 MILLION IN PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS IN HARVARD SQUARE.
OTHER INITIATIVES INCLUDE MAINTAINING JFK MEMORIAL PARK AND PROVIDING STORAGE AND LAY DOWN AREA FOR CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
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HARVARD HELPS ADDRESS LARGE SNOW EVENTS BY, BY, BY PROVIDING LANDS SO THE CITY CAN REMOVE SNOW FROM PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE PATH.AND WE ALLOW ACCESS TO HARVARD GARAGES DURING SNOW EMERGENCIES FOR CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS.
HARVARD HAS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HOUSING THAT INCLUDES ADDING AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING TO THE AREA AND HOUSING ITS UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS.
THE UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION IS HOUSED ON CAMPUS, AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE 57 50 7% OF OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS WHEN THE NEW GRADUATE STUDENT COME.
GRADUATE STUDENT DORM COMES ONLINE IN AUSTIN.
HARVARD ALSO WORKS WITH THE CITY AND OTHER CAMBRIDGE BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
WE HAVE A LONGSTANDING COLLABORATION WITH THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THE LATEST RESULT OF THIS COLLABORATION ENABLED THE RENOVATION OF ST.
PAUL'S RECTORY LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF MOUNT AUBURN AND DWF STREETS.
THERE ARE NOW 19 AFFORDABLE UNITS, INCLUDING TWO FREE USE THIS SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS REGIONALLY.
THE HARVARD LOCAL HOUSING COLLABORATIVE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM HAS ENABLED MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBRIDGE AND BOSTON.
HARVARD HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO ADDRESSING HOUSING ISSUES OF GREATER BOSTON BY CREATING MARKET RATE HOUSING THAT INCLUDES AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THE CONTINUING PROJECT AT BARRY'S CORNER CREATED 325 UNITS, INCLUDING 42 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THE FIRST PHASE OF HARVARD'S ENTERPRISE RESEARCH CAMPUS IN AUSTIN BROUGHT 345 UNITS OF HOUSING ONLINE, 25% OF WHICH ARE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CAMBRIDGE.
HARVARD CONTRIBUTES TO THE CULTURAL VITALITY OF CAMBRIDGE BY PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH FREE ACCESS TO HARVARD MUSEUMS AND TO PERFORMING IN VISUAL ARTS ON CAMPUS, INCLUDING ARTS FEST AND ARTS THURSDAYS.
WHILE THERE ARE MANY MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN HARVARD AND CAMBRIDGE, TIME LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO SHARE THEM ALL.
I ENCOURAGE INTERESTED PARTIES TO REVIEW INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE YOU SEE LISTED HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY.
UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'VE BEEN GOING A LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
UM, I THINK IN FAIRNESS TO MIT WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, UM, CLEAR OUR HEADS A LITTLE BIT, STAND UP, WALK AROUND, UH, AND THEN COME BACK TO OUR SCREEN SO THAT, UH, WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
UM, AND, UH, WITH THAT, WE'RE NOW MY WATCH SAYS WE'RE AT 7 51.
LET'S COME BACK AT 7 56, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, MOUNTAIN VICE CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M GLENN SHORE, MIT'S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU FOR OUR ANNUAL TOWN GOWN.
I'M JOINED BY SEVERAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE INSTITUTE AND TOGETHER WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR 2025 TOWN GOWN REPORT.
JULIE NEWMAN, DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY WILL SHARE PROGRESS ON MIT'S DECARBONIZATION SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY WORK.
JOE HIGGINS, VICE PRESIDENT FOR CAMPUS SERVICES AND STEWARDSHIP WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CAMPUS PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, OR IN PLANNING AND DESIGN.
MICHAEL AWU, VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE KENDALL SQUARE INITIATIVE, KENDALL COMMON AND OTHER INVESTMENT PROJECTS.
SARAH GALLUP, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, WHO CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION BY SHARING SOME OF MIT'S WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN OUR PRESENTATION BY TOUCHING ON TWO TOPICS OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE TO THE INSTITUTE, OUR RESPONSE TO FEDERAL POLICY DEVELOPMENTS AND OUR ONGOING WORK TO ADVANCE THE GAME CHANGING TEACHING, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR WHICH MIT IS KNOWN THE WORLD OVER.
AS YOU KNOW, MANY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, INCLUDING MIT, ARE FACING NEW FINANCIAL PRESSURES ARISING FROM CHANGES IN FEDERAL POLICY AND FUNDING.
MIT AND SEVERAL OTHER UNIVERSITIES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO PAY AN 8% TAX ON THE ANNUAL RETURNS FROM THEIR ENDOWMENTS AND OTHER INVESTMENTS, THE SO-CALLED ENDOWMENT TAX.
THIS IS NOTWITHSTANDING HOW WE HAVE RELIED ON OUR ENDOWMENT TO MAKE MIT TUITION FREE FOR UNDERGRADUATES WITH FAMILY INCOMES UNDER $200,000 IN TYPICAL ASSETS AND MATCH THE AMOUNT OF CAMPUS-BASED RESEARCH FUNDED BY THE US GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SPONSORS.
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THE 8% TAX RATE WILL COST WELL OVER 10% OF MIT'S ANNUAL CENTRAL BUDGET, A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPACT.WE'RE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FURTHER THREATS TO OUR FINANCIAL MODEL AND MISSION, INCLUDING ONGOING EFFORTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CAP THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES, OR FNA WELL BELOW ACTUAL COSTS AND DRAMATIC PROPOSED CUTS TO RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING THAT TODAY HELPS SUPPORT THE ENROLLMENT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS, PAYS THE SALARIES OF POSTDOCS AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS AND FUNDS EQUIPMENT BE USED FOR RESEARCH.
THESE ISSUES ARE IN DIFFERENT WAYS CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE THE COURTS AND CONGRESS, BUT STILL REQUIRE US TO PREPARE FOR NEW FINANCIAL REALITIES.
TAKING TOGETHER THESE CHANGE WILL HAVE RECURRING STRUCTURAL IMPACTS ON MIT'S BUDGET.
WE HAVE OUTLINED A FRAMEWORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO NAVIGATE THESE ROUGH FINANCIAL WATERS.
BUT AS THE LAST YEAR HAS DEMONSTRATED, THE POLICY WEATHER COULD CERTAINLY GROW WORSE.
WE ARE PREPARING SCENARIOS FOR THAT TOO.
IN PARALLEL, WE'LL KEEP ON MAKING THE CASE IN WASHINGTON DC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS LIKE MIT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SPARK THE INNOVATIONS AND DRIVE BREAKTHROUGHS THAT SERVE THE BENEFIT THE NATION AND THE WORLD.
WHICH LEADS ME TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ON THIS SLIDE, I'VE NOTED SEVERAL NEW COMPELLING INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS A VARIETY OF COMPLEX GLOBAL PROBLEMS. IN LAUNCHING THESE PRESIDENT, SALLY KORNBLUTH WANTS TO HARNESS OUR COLLECTIVE POWER BECAUSE THE MIT COMMUNITY CAN BRING ABOUT THE BIGGEST IMPACTS TOGETHER THROUGH CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, MAGIC, THAT'S HOW WE PRONOUNCE IT, BRINGS MIT RESEARCHERS TOGETHER WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS TO EXPLORE HOW GENERATIVE AI CAN ENABLE POSITIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR REAL WORLD CHALLENGES.
MIT HEALS GATHERS EXPERTS FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES TO ACCELERATE BREAKTHROUGHS IN HUMAN HEALTH.
MYTHIC UNLOCKS THE POWER OF HUMAN INSIGHT TO EDUCATE TOMORROW'S LEADERS AND TO UNITE TOP HUMANITIES SCHOLARS WITH COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE INSTITUTE TO AFFECT MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
THE MIT INITIATIVE FOR NEW MANUFACTURING WORKS ACROSS INDUSTRIES TO BUILD THE TOOLS, SYSTEMS AND TALENT TO SHAPE A MORE PRODUCTIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND RESILIENT FUTURE.
AND MANUFACTURING QID WILL APPLY QUANTUM DISCOVERIES TO THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY, AND NATIONAL SECURITY.
AND FINALLY, WE INTRODUCED THE CLIMATE PROJECT TO YOU IN LAST YEAR'S TOWN GOWN PRESENTATION.
IT FOCUSES ON BOLD TECHNOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND POLICY SOLUTIONS FOR ADDRESSING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.
IN KEEPING WITH THE TOPIC OF CLIMATE, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR CAMPUS DECARBONIZATION WORK.
WE ARE FOCUSING ON DECARBONIZING MIT'S CAMPUS 'CAUSE WE BELIEVE ALL NEED TO DO THEIR PART, AND IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE INSTITUTES PLAYING A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROMOTING CARBON REDUCTION AND RESILIENCE THROUGH ITS RESEARCH CULTIVATION OF INNOVATION AND EFFORTS TO INFORM PUBLIC POLICY IN THIS AREA.
OUR EFFORTS REST ON THREE BUILDING BLOCKS SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE, GENERATING HEAT WITH ELECTRICITY FROM A GREENING POWER GRID, DISTRIBUTING CLEAN HEAT THROUGH AN EXPANDING NETWORK OF HOT WATER PIPING AND USING LESS ENERGY IN OUR BUILDINGS.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN BUILDING PROJECTS THAT DELIVER MATERIAL GAINS IN REDUCING OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PRIORITIZING EFFICIENCY UPGRADES AS A CORE ELEMENT OF ALL COMPREHENSIVE RENEWAL PROJECTS, WE'RE ALSO LAUNCHING PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK FOR INSTALLING LARGE SCALE ELECTRIC HEAT PUMPS ON OUR CAMPUS AND EXPLORING A PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL COMPANY TO PROVIDE US WITH CLEAN STEAM.
TAKING TOGETHER THESE EFFORTS WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WILL TAKE LOGISTICALLY AND FINANCIALLY TO DECARBONIZE OUR CAMPUS OR UNDERTAKING THIS WORK BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO SEEKING OUT DECARBONIZATION APPROACHES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE, PRACTICAL, AND AFFORDABLE.
IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO TURN IT OVER TO JULIE.
MR. CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON MIT'S CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY WORK.
THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE ONE BOTH ON CAMPUS AND IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, THE STATE AND OTHERS.
MI T'S SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE LEADERSHIP APPROACH HAS A DUAL FOCUS, INVESTING IN RESEARCH AS YOU'VE JUST HEARD, AND INNOVATION THAT INFORMS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS WHILE ALSO TAKING IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL ACTION ON CAMPUS.
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OUR GOALS INCLUDE A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND CLIMATE READY CAMPUS, AS WELL AS SCALED SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT THE BROADER COMMUNITY.IN 2025, WE REACHED IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN CLEAN ENERGY INTEGRATION, EMISSIONS REDUCTION, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING, WHILE ENGAGING STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND RESEARCHERS IN THIS WORK.
AND THESE INVESTMENTS REDUCE EMISSIONS TODAY WHILE PREPARING CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE, AS YOU'VE JUST HEARD, FOR A LOW CARBON FUTURE.
ONE OF MIT'S MOST SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE IMPACTS COMES FROM LEVERAGING THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE LARGE SCALE RENEWABLES BEYOND OUR CAMPUS BOUNDARIES.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, FROM HARVARD TO THE CONSORTIUM FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, MIT, THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AND NINE OTHER PARTNERS HAVE ENABLED TWO LARGE SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.
MOST RECENTLY, THE BOWMAN WIND PROJECT IN NORTH DAKOTA ACTUALLY CAME ONLINE IN DECEMBER.
AND TOGETHER THESE PROJECTS ADD 408 MEGAWATTS OF NEW CLEAN ENERGY TO THE US POWER GRID, ENOUGH TO POWER ROUGHLY 130,000 HOMES EACH YEAR, AND THEY AVOID NEARLY 1 MILLION, UH, TONS OF CARBON POLLUTION ANNUALLY.
IN ADDITION, THEY GENERATE LOCAL JOBS, CREATE TAX REVENUE, PROVIDE MEASURABLE HEALTH BENEFITS AND SUPPORT FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS.
AND THIS COLLABORATIVE MODEL DEMONSTRATES HOW CITIES AND INSTITUTIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE RENEWABLE ENERGY ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE, AND IMPACTFUL AT SCALE.
THIS PAST YEAR, MIT INSTALLED AND ACTIVATED FOUR NEW SOLAR ARRAYS ACROSS OUR CAMPUS, INCREASING ON CAMPUS RENEWABLE CAPACITY TO 600 AND 650 KW.
AND THIS INITIATIVE IS A DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CLEAN ENERGY TO REDUCE OUR OWN CARBON FOOTPRINT AT HOME.
AND TRACKING PROGRESS IS CRITICAL TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND UNDERLIES THE SUCCESS OF OUR EFFORTS.
AT MIT, WE CONDUCT ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES FOR SCOPES ONE AND TWO, AND THIS YEAR, MIT COMPLETED AN EXPANDED COUNTING ACCOUNTING OF SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS, WHICH INCLUDE BUSINESS TRAVEL, PROCURED GOODS, CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, AND WASTE.
THIS INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE MIT COMMUNITY THROUGH AN ONLINE DASHBOARD HIGHLIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.
CLIMATE LEADERSHIP MEANS ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR THE IMPACTS OF EXTREME HEAT, HEAVIER RAINFALL, AND HIGHER FLOODING.
OUR CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND ADAPTATION PLAN MODELS, FUTURE HEAT AND FLOOD CONDITIONS ACROSS CAMPUS, USING A DETAILED FLOOD RISK MODEL TO GUIDE BUILDING DESIGN.
THE LIN MUSIC BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS DESIGNED TO WITH EX TO WITHSTAND EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS, AND WE'VE LAUNCHED AN UPDATED CLIMATE RESILIENCY DASHBOARD THAT PROJECTS FLOOD RISK THROUGH 2070.
AND WE ARE COORDINATING CAMPUS FLOOD PREPAREDNESS WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FACILITIES TEAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AT ITS HEART, MIT'S APPROACH CENTERS ON PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND DURING PERIODS OF EXTREME HEAT, MIT PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO PROVIDE COOL SPOTS, AIR CONDITIONED SPACES AVAILABLE DURING HEAT EMERGENCIES THAT OFFER RELIEF AND PROGRAMMING FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
AND IN CLOSING, MIT'S CAMPUS IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO CAMBRIDGE AND THE REGION.
AND BY REDUCING EMISSIONS, INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY, PREPARING FOR CLIMATE RISKS, SHARING DATA AND STRATEGIES, MIT AIMS TO SERVE AS BOTH A TESTBED AND A PARTNER FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE ADOPTED MORE BROADLY.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO JOE HIGGINS.
SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON JUST A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO IN PLANNING AND DESIGN.
SO, OUR FACILITIES SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, UH, STUDENT LIFE ACTIVITIES, ALL ESSENTIAL TO MIT'S MISSION.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO PUR PURSUE PROGRAMS OF, OF RENOVATION, RENEWAL, AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE.
AND THIS IS GUIDED BY AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR NEEDS AND PRIORITIES EACH YEAR.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS IN THE AREA OF STUDENT LIFE, UM, FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE RENOVATION.
UH, WE RECENTLY REOPENED THE EAST CAMPUS RESIDENTS ONTO OUR UNDERGRADUATES THIS PAST SUMMER.
THIS PROJECT RENEWED INFRASTRUCTURE, IT UPDATED LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND ACCESSIBILITY, AND WE PROVIDED STUDENTS WITH UPGRADED KITCHENS AND LOUNGES AS WELL AS IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY GREATLY.
THE NEW GRADUATE JUNCTION DORMITORY ON VASSAR STREET HAS COMPLETED ITS FIRST FULL YEAR OF OPERATION, WHICH ADDED 675 NEW BEDS TO OUR CAMPUS.
THIS RESIDENCE EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS TO OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND THEN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE RENEWAL OF MCCORMICK HALL.
THIS IS CONTINUING THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE.
IT'S 60 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S THE ONLY ALL WOMEN HOUSING
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ON CAMPUS.THE RENEWAL OF THIS AMAZING FACILITY WILL UPDATE INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY.
IT'LL EXPAND BED CAPACITY WHILE MAINTAINING THE BUILDING'S.
ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY CONSTRUCTION'S IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER AND LAST APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS.
SO NOW MOVING TO THE ACADEMIC AREAS OF OUR CAMPUS.
THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE METROPOLITAN STORAGE WAREHOUSE HAS GREATLY PROGRESSED SINCE WE LAST MET WITH YOU.
THIS WILL BE THE NEW HOME FOR THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, AND THE MORNINGSIDE ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
THE REPURPOSING CREATES A VIBRANT INTERDISCIPLINARY HUB FOR DESIGN AND EDUCATION.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES CLASSROOMS, OFFICES, AND STUDIO SPACES.
THE DESIGN PRESERVES THE HISTORIC CHARACTER WHILE ALSO REVITALIZING THIS, REVITALIZING THE SURROUNDING STREETSCAPE.
SO CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED THE LATER HALF OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE ARE ALSO PURSUING OPEN SPACE RENEWAL PLANS IN SEVERAL AREAS AROUND THE CAMPUS.
THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE OPEN SPACE AND STREETSCAPE RENEWALS THAT ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN A LOT OF OUR BUILDING PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED.
THE DESIGN PHASE YOU SEE HERE OF THE EASTMAN AND MCDERMOTT COURTS, UM, IS AN OPEN SPACE REVITALIZATION PROJECT THAT'S NEARLY COMPLETE.
UM, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST, UH, COMPREHENSIVE RENEWAL OF THIS ICONIC LANDSCAPE IN THE HEART OF OUR CAMPUS.
UM, WE HAD EXTENSIVE MIT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO INFORM THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE GOALS INCLUDED CREATING A SPACE THAT'S MORE WELCOMING, ACCESSIBLE, RESILIENT, AND REFLECTIVE OF MIT SPIRITS.
AND ALSO A ROBUST NEW TREE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS NOW HELPING US ASSESS AND MAINTAIN OUR TREASURED URBAN CANOPY.
THIS WEB-BASED INVENTORY OF ALL CAMPUS TREES WAS LAUNCHED A YEAR AGO, AND THE DATABASE PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT CANOPY DENSITY.
IT'S SEARCHABLE BY TREE TYPE, GENUS SPECIES, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THE REPORTS GENERATED BY THE DATABASE INFORM OUR PLANNING AND MAINTENANCE EFFORTS.
CURRENTLY, THE CAMPUS HAS MORE THAN 2,650 TREES REPRESENTING A HUNDRED SPECIES MIT PLANS TO CONTINUE A VIGOROUS ANNUAL PROGRAM OF TREE PLANTING AND CANOPY MANAGEMENT.
NOW, I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE MICHAEL OOU, VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE.
THANK YOU, JOE, AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'LL BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON A FEW OF OUR INVESTMENT PROJECTS.
WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OF 75 BROADWAY, THE FIRST BUILDING AT KENDALL COMMON, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE VOLPE SITE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND THE SIXTH STREET WALKWAY.
75 BROADWAY IS FULLY LEASED TO BIOGEN.
IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HELD A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WITH BIOGEN AND OUR PARTNERS, BIOMED REALTY AND BLACKSTONE, TO CELEBRATE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS EXCITING PROJECT.
THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY THE GOVERNOR, CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS, MIT PRESIDENT, SORRY, CORN BOOTH, AND TWO OF THE FOUNDERS OF BIOGEN, WALLY GILBERT, AND MIT PROFESSOR AND NOBEL LAUREATE PHIL SHARP, SHOWN ON THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION AT KENDALL, COMMON OTHER ACTIVITIES NEAR THE SITE INCLUDE TWO MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, ONE OF WHICH IS A LARGE CITY STORMWATER COVID THAT CONSTRUCTING AS PART OF OUR INI OBLIGATION.
THE PHOTO HERE SHOWS THIS WORK ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF BROADWAY ADJACENT TO KENNEL COMMON.
THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE OF A THREE PHASE PROJECT THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE ARE CONT ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR 200 MAIN STREET DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO THE SLOAN SCHOOL AND ARE ACTIVELY MARKETING THAT SPACE TO LAB AND OFFICE USERS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE IMMINENT OPENING OF THE EASTERN EDGE FOOD HALL IN KENDALL SQUARE, LOCATED AT TWO 90 MAIN STREET ADJACENT TO THE T HEAD HOUSE, EASTON EDGE IS IS AN 11,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACE HOSTING NINE VENDOR STALLS, OFFERING A VARIETY OF GLOBAL FOOD OPTIONS, TWO BARS AND A WALKUP WINDOW SERVING SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM.
THE FACILITY INCLUDES EVENT SPACE AND WILL FEATURE PROGRAMMING ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS TO CREATE ANOTHER EXCITING COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE IN KENDALL SQUARE.
EASTERN EDGE IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN LATER THIS MONTH.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE RE NEW RETAILERS OPENING THIS YEAR.
ALICE VENER AND THE MONARCH ROOM WILL OPEN IN EARLY SPRING IN THE FORMER BANK OF AMERICA SPACE AT 2 38 MAIN STREET, OPERATED BY THE OWNER OF SOURCE ITALIAN RESTAURANTS IN HARVARD SQUARE.
THIS NEW LOCATION WILL FEATURE FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND SPEAKEASY BAR AND PRIVATE DINING SPACE ON THE LOWER LEVEL.
AND FINALLY, TRIANGLE COFFEE WILL OPEN EARLY THIS SUMMER IN THE BEAUTIFUL GLASS ATRIUM AT TWO 30 AT MAIN STREET, SERVING COFFEE AND SANDWICHES AND OFFERING RELAXING SPACE FOR ALTO AND ENJOY.
NEXT SLIDE IN OTHER RETAIL NEWS, CENTRAL SQUARE.
A DIM SUM RESTAURANT AND COCKTAIL BAR LOCATED AT THE FORMER MARY CHUNG SPACE.
DARLING IS A FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS ALREADY
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CULTIVATED A STRONG FOLLOWING AND A FEW DOORS DOWN AT 4 28.MASS AVE IS MORE FUN, WHICH OPENED IN THE FORMER ARTIFACT SIDE OF SPACE.
MORE FUN IS A RETAIL STORE AND CAFE FEATURING A MIX OF TOYS, STATIONARY AND LIFESTYLE GOODS, ALONG WITH COFFEE AND BOBA TEA.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH OUR DEVELOPMENTS ALONG MAIN STREET, THE KENDALL SQUARE AREA HAS BEEN ENLIVENED WITH EXCITING AND UNIQUE RETAILERS FURTHERING OUR COMMITMENT TO DELIVER WHAT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY REQUESTED.
MIT HAS DELIVERED A GROCERY STORE, A PHARMACY INCLUSIVE AND LOCALLY BASED RETAIL, QUICK SERVICE RETAIL AT A DIVERSITY OF PRICE POINTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
OUR KENDALL SQUARE OPEN SPACE IS VIBRANT AND ACTIVE WITH PROGRAMMING FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO RETAIL AND OPEN SPACE, MIT HAS DELIVERED ON OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE HOUSING, MARKET RATE, HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND GRADUATE STUDENT HOUSING.
WE ARE PROUD OF HOW WE HAVE HELPED TO TRANSFORM KENNEL SQUARE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK, UH, AT KENNEL COMMON DEVELOPMENT.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SARAH GALLUP.
THANK YOU MICHAEL, AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
OUR LAST SECTION, WE'LL TOUCH ON MIT'S ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THIS IMAGE IS FROM THE ANNUAL CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE CARNIVAL, WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE KENDALL MIT OPEN SPACE.
THIS PAST FALL, THE EVENT DREW A RECORD BREAKING CROWD OF MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE OVER A FOUR HOUR PERIOD WITH 140 HANDS-ON STEAM ACTIVITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, MIT ENGAGES WITH THE CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME ORGANIZATIONS ON DOZENS OF ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT COLLABORATIONS.
I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT JUST TWO EFFORTS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE LED BY OUR K TO 12 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR ROHAN KGI.
FIRST, JUST LAST WEEK, WE FINISHED HOSTING ALL 435 CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL, SEVENTH GRADERS ON FIVE INDIVIDUAL FIELD TRIPS TO THE MIT MUSEUM STUDENTS, EXPLORED THE MUSEUM, HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH ROBOTS, DISCUSS THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND BUILD LEGO MAZES WITH OVER 70 VOLUNTEERS FROM THE MIT AND THE KENDALL SQUARE COMMUNITY.
THESE ANNUAL VISITS ARE CO-DESIGNED BY THE CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TEAM AND MIT STAFF.
SECOND, WE ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH THE 10TH YEAR OF OUR MIT IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BRING OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE BOUND SENIORS TO THE $1 MILLION LEVEL.
THE $10,000 INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED ANNUALLY TO 10 CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS FROM CRLS, THE C, THE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CAMBRIDGE AND PROSPECT HILL ACADEMY ON THE BASIS OF THE PERSONAL IMPACT THAT THEY BRING TO THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THEM.
WE HOST THE CHARTER SCHOOL'S COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES ANNUALLY AT MIT WHERE WE DISTRIBUTE THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROSPECT HILL ACADEMY'S 2025 GRADUATING CLASS IS PICTURED HERE.
MIT LOVES TO WELCOME THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY TO CAMPUS.
ALL OF THESE IMAGES ON THIS SLIDE ARE FROM EVENTS HOSTED BY OUR OPEN SPACE PROGRAMMING TEAM LED BY JESS SMITH.
THE PROGRAMS OVER A HUNDRED ANNUALLY INCLUDE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, LUNCHTIME PERFORMANCES, NETWORKING ACTIVITIES, WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILIES, AND THE EVER POPULAR MOVIE NIGHTS.
THE EVENTS ARE FREE YEAR ROUND AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO BE IN THE KNOW ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES.
SIGN UP FOR THE OPEN SPACE NEWSLETTER.
YOU JUST HAVE TO GOOGLE MIT OPEN SPACE PROGRAMMING IT, IT WILL COME RIGHT OUT.
NOW, IN ITS SEVENTH YEAR, THE JOB CONNECTOR, A FREE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HUB HAS WORKED WITH OVER 1000 CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS TO DATE, HELPING THEM TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER JOURNEYS.
THE JOB CONNECTOR PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO JOB SEEKERS AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL JOURNEYS, INCLUDING RESUME AND COVER LETTER WRITING, NETWORKING, AND INTERVIEW PREPARATION, AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING.
IN ADDITION, INTENSIVE MULTI-WEEK PROGRAMS HELP RESIDENTS TO LEARN DEEPLY ABOUT SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES.
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PICTURES SHOW THE PROUD GRADUATES FROM OUR 2025 CONSTRUCTION AND THE BUILDING TRADES AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SARAH AND MIT, UH, FOR A SUCCINCT, UH, SUMMATION OF THE MATERIALS YOU SUPPLIED IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING.
UM, WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST PRESENTATION OF THE EVENING, WHICH WILL BE FROM LESLIE UNIVERSITY PRESENTATION WILL BE LED BY JOANNE KOSUTH.
AND WE ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR PRESENTATION TO 20 MINUTES AS WE HAVE THE OTHERS, AND PLEASE BE SURE TO INTRODUCE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT MAY BE ON YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
UM, MADAME VICE CHAIR, UM, AND THE REST OF THE BOARD.
I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT LESLIE UNIVERSITY.
UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AT LESLIE UNIVERSITY.
I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN AND SEE THIS COOPERATES.
SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON CONTEXT AND THE CAMPUS OVERVIEW WITH OUR PROGRESS.
UM, TALK ABOUT OUR KEY PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO THE UNIVERSITY, AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM WITH A LOT OF GROWTH SINCE THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORTATION, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NEW WEBSITE FOR CONTEXT.
UM, LESLIE CONTINUED OVER THE LAST YEAR TO IMPLEMENT OUR CAMPUS PLAN, RIGHT SIZING OUR CAMPUS AND OPENING THE DOORS TO RENOVATED SPACES THAT CONTINUE TO ENHANCE STUDENT LIFE AND ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE MORE ENGAGED CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES AND TO RESPONSE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO CONNECT ACROSS ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENCIES, UH, AMONGST OUR GRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFF CAMPUS, AS WELL AS OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.
THIS IS, UH, OUR CURRENT CAMPUS PLAN.
WE'RE NOW RENOVATING OUR LAST, UM, BUILDING FOR THIS PLAN, WHICH IS ST.
JOHN'S CHAPEL, AND THAT'S DUE TO OPEN ON MARCH THE FIFTH, LESLIE STUDENTS.
UM, WE HAVE MORE GRADUATE STUDENTS THAN WE HAVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, UM, AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NON-DEGREE, UM, SEEKING STUDENTS.
UM, A LOT OF THESE ARE IN RELATIONSHIPS IN TERMS OF THE NON-DEGREE STUDENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE HAVE THAT PIPELINE OF PARTNERS THAT, UM, WORKS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS AND THEN OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.
LESLIE NOW CONSISTS OF 41 BUILDINGS ON THREE CAMPUSES, UM, AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF A LITTLE OVER 817,000, UM, GROSS SQUARE FEET IN TOTAL SPACE, WHICH IS DOWN FROM OVER A MILLION SQUARE FEET WHEN WE STARTED OUR CAMPUS PLAN AND RIGHT SIZING AND UTILIZING OUR BUILDINGS FULLY.
WE HAVE 12 OFFSITE LOCATIONS CURRENTLY.
UM, 11 WITHIN MASSACHUSETTS, ONE OUTSIDE MASSACHUSETTS FOCUSED ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND AGAIN, OUR PARTNERSHIPS IN THE EDUCATION SPACE.
AS YOU NOTED EARLIER, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE SOLD A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES ON WENDELL STREET AND OTHERS.
PRIMARILY THESE WERE VICTORIAN, UM, HOUSES, UM, THAT WERE UNDERUTILIZED IN TERMS OF OFFICE SPACES.
AND WE'VE MOVED PEOPLE INTO OUR PORTER SQUARE CAMPUS AND INTO OUR SOUTH CAMPUS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A LOT MORE INTERACTION AND, UM, COLLEGIALITY AS WELL AS COLLABORATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY BY HAVING MORE OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF TOGETHER CONNECTED AND PROVIDING US WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL TO REALLY STRENGTHEN LESLIE'S CORE, UM, VALUES AND LESLIE'S CORE PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE CAMPUS PROJECTS WERE THE REOPENING OF CHERYL HALL WITH STUDENT LOUNGES, COLLABORATION SPACES, GAMING AREAS, AND AN ESPORTS HUB THAT IS HOPPING TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY NOW EXPANDING THAT ESPORTS TO THE LOWER LEVEL OF CHERYL AS WELL.
UM, WE'VE CONTINUED RESTORATION AND MODERNIZING, UM, THE GATHERING SPACES THAT WE DISCUSSED.
UM, STUDENTS MAKE A WIDE USE OF OUR VARIOUS LOUNGES, UM, FOR BOTH QUIET SPACES.
THEY FIND THEIR FAVORITE SPACES TO HANG OUT AS WELL AS THE GROUP STUDY ROOMS AND OUR MAKER SPACES.
UH, WE TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT OUR CAMPUS WIDE LANDSCAPING AND UPGRADES, UM, USING SUSTAINABLE NATIVE PLANTINGS.
THOSE ARE IN PLACE NOW WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OUTSIDE THE CHAPEL.
THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE SPRING SINCE OUR WEATHER RIGHT NOW IS NOT COOPERATING WITH FINISHING UP ANY TYPE
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OF LANDSCAPING, UM, WE HAVE LOTS OF OUTDOOR SPACES, UM, FOR GATHERING, INCLUDING THE GARDENS AND WORKING ON POCKETS OF ART.UM, WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH THE, UM, ART SCHOOL AS WELL AS WITH OUR FACULTY STAFF AND STUDENTS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO DISPLAY AND, UM, ENJOY ART THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, ALONG WITH OUR ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS ON BUILDINGS AND PATHWAYS, WHICH HAVE RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE AN ACTIVE CAMPUS YEAR ROUND.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THINK OF LESLIE, PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS OFF OF BRATTLE STREET AS A PARK, UM, WHICH, AND THEY ENJOY THAT WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
WE'VE SEEN LOTS OF FAMILIES UTILIZING OUR SPACES THAT ARE DEPICTED HERE BEHIND 1 0 1 BRATTLE.
UM, WITH THE NEW BASKETBALL COURT, THE VARIOUS PING PONG TABLES, THE FENCE IS DOWN NOW THAT'S SHOWN IN THAT BOTTOM PHOTO.
UM, AND THE ABILITY TO, UM, INTERACT WITH, UM, STUDENTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, CHILDREN THAT COME OUT AND INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS AND WITH OUR ATHLETES AND OUR COACHES AS WELL IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
AND IT FORMS THE BASIS FOR A LOT OF THE RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DONE ON CAMPUS TRANSPORTATION WISE THAT WE OBVIOUSLY THROUGH OUR REAL ESTATE SALES THAT REDUCE SOME OF OUR PARKING SPACES.
WE DO HAVE SHUTTLE BUSES THAT RUN AND WE HAVE A REAL TIME TRACKING APP THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO THE POINT THAT STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY, UM, UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHEN THE SHUTTLES ARE GONNA SHOW UP OTHER THAN WHEN WE HAVE SOME BAD SNOWSTORMS, WHICH GET IN THE WAY.
WE STILL HAVE OUR BICYCLE RACKS REPAIR STANDS, AND WE HAVE A, UH, BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ON PLANS FOR POTENTIAL NEW LOCATIONS FOR BLUE BIKES IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY CLOSE TO CAMPUS FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT.
LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS WE MADE ON SOUTH CAMPUS IN TERMS OF STORM WATER IN TERMS OF THE USE OF THAT WATER AND IN TERMS OF POSITIONING LESLIE FOR, UM, THE ABILITY TO, UM, FULLY ELECTRIFY IN THE FUTURE.
SO THOSE, THE HYBRID EQUIPMENT IS IN PLACE.
WE'VE SEEN, UM, DIRECT ENERGY SAVINGS FROM BEING ABLE TO HAVE A CENTRALIZED LOOP, UH, BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS IN TERMS OF MANAGING BOTH HEATING AND COOLING.
WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT GREEN ENERGY PURCHASED AND WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS IN COMPOSTING, RECYCLING AND WASTE DIVERSION ALONG WITH A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH SOJOURN COLLEAGUES MINISTRIES, UM, IN TERMS OF BOTH OUR FOOD SERVICE AND IN PROVIDING SOME FACILITIES FOR THEM TO DO ENJOYABLE ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRETCH ENERGY CODES MOVING FORWARD AS WE LOOK TO, UM, THE NEXT PHASES OF, UM, LESLIE'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS OUR NEEDS IN THE MOST SUSTAINABLE WAY.
WE TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT CONNECTING TO OUR FUTURE AND TRANSFORMING OUR PHYSICAL SPACE.
AND AS I SAID, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THERE IN TERMS OF THIS PHASE OF THE CAMPUS PLAN.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU, JUST AS A REMINDER, SO LESLIE IS, UM, A COMMUNITY OF EDUCATORS, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS, ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, EXPRESSIVE THERAPISTS AND MORE.
AND WE RECENTLY ROLLED OUT A NEW WEBSITE AND ON BE IN THAT WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE THE FOCUS IS ON THOSE CORES OF EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING, ART AND DESIGN AND LIBERAL ART AND BUSINESS.
OUR THRESHOLD PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BE A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES AND ALSO OUR LIFELONG SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES NEURO DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS WITH SUPPORT THEY NEED TO LIVE AND WORK INDEPENDENTLY.
THAT PROGRAM HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE LAST YEAR.
WE NOW HAVE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF PACKAGES AND SUPPORT SERVICES THAT CAN BE SELECTED AND UTILIZE BOTH OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND OUR PROFESSIONAL TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THOSE NEEDS AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND OTHER POTENTIAL GROWTH OF THAT PROGRAM AND SERVICES.
SO AS WE LOOK FORWARD, OUR VISION AT LESLIE IS ABOUT DEVELOPING AND NURTURING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPANDING OUR REACH AND IMPACT.
UM, ALONG WITH LEVERAGING THESE STRENGTHS AND RAISING THE VISIBILITY AND OUTREACH OF OUR PROGRAMS, UH, YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE INVESTED IN OUR STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS, THESE ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO LESLIE UNIVERSITY.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CARE, UM, PARTNERSHIP, AND WE'LL REVIEW THAT AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES.
URBAN SCHOLARS, UH, PUBLIC ART OFF CAMPUS, OUR ATHLETIC PARTNERSHIPS.
ALSO THE CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PER PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, THE DEMIC CENTER HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS.
WE HAVE OVER 43 PARTNERS CURRENTLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR PARTNER SCHOLAR PROGRAMS. AND THOSE PARTNERS ARE GROWING AT A RAPID RATE.
WE HAVE 20 OTHER POTENTIAL PARTNERS THAT ARE ON THE DOCKET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PARTNERS, UM, SHIPS FOR OUR SCHOLAR PARTNERS OF WHICH RIVERSIDE IS AN
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EXEMPLAR, IS TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND FROM DAY ONE ON THE LESLIE CAMPUS, WHICH ORGANIZATION THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THEIR PRACTICUM, UM, AND THEIR FIELD PLACEMENT WORK WITH.UM, AND THEY GET TO SELECT FROM THOSE BASED ON THEIR PROGRAMS. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE NOT FOR ONE PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
THEY'RE ACROSS PROGRAMS INCLUDING GRADUATE, UNDERGRADUATE, AND THE THRESHOLD PROGRAMS. THE RIVERSIDE OUTPATIENT CENTER WAS WHERE WE STARTED WITH RIVERSIDE AS A, A PARTNERSHIP.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR, UM, A NUMBER OF A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
AND WE WORK WITH THEM ON STUDENT FIELD PLACEMENT AND TRAINING.
60% OF THE CLIENTS ARE LESLIE AFFILIATED.
40% OF THE CLIENTS ARE CAMBRIDGE AFFILIATED.
WE WORK WITH THEM ON SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING AND HAVE CO-DEVELOPED CERTIFICATES AND OTHER PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT, UM, THE EFFORTS OF BOTH RIVERSIDES THERAPIST AND LESLIE'S TEAM, RIVERSIDE SCHOLARS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, ALL THE PARTNER SCHOLARS OF WHICH RIVERSIDE IS AN EXEMPLAR, RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR MASTER'S DEGREES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE AT RIVERSIDE AND BE ABLE TO TRAIN AT RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CARE, PROVIDING A PIPELINE OF POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES TO RIVERSIDE, AS WELL AS PROVIDING, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE STAFF AT RIVERSIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, WITH PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT EARN MASTERS IN EDUCATION.
THE SECOND COHORT FROM CAMBRIDGE AND LATIN IS, UM, WORKING THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND WE'VE LOST A PROGRAM IN THE PUB FRAMINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE DISCOUNTED TUITION AND INCREASED ACCESS TO TEACHING FIELD FOR BIPOC, UM, EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE 14 NCAA VARSITY ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH ARE LISTED HERE.
OUR ESPORTS HAS GROWN AND OUR ESPORTS TEAM HAS BEEN WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
UM, THE GAMES WE PLAY ARE DEPICTED ON THIS SLIDE.
IT IS DEFINITELY, UM, A GROWING ROSTER FOR US IN THE SPORTS AREA AND LESLIE'S ATHLETIC PHILOSOPHY AS WE'VE GROWN.
OUR ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION IS A 3.0 GPA IN THE CLASSROOM, OUR TOP FINISH IN THE NAC, AND REALLY WORKING TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP, UM, AMONGST OUR ATHLETES LEADERSHIP, NOT JUST ON THE CAMPUS, BUT WITHIN THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY.
AND TO HELP DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING AND EMBRACING OUR COMMUNITY DIFFERENCES BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE CAMPUS.
OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK IS STILL IN PLACE THAT WE DEPICTED LAST YEAR, WHICH IS TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITY.
SO WE HAVE ALIGNMENT ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AND TO ALIGN THE FOOTPRINT WE'RE DEVELOPING WITH LESLIE'S FUTURE ENDEAVORS IN TERMS OF BIRTH, OUR CURRICULUM, OUR STUDENT POPULATION, AND OUR GROWTH AREAS.
WE SHOWED YOU THIS SLIDE, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR AS WELL, UM, ABOUT THE THREE CAMPUSES, SOUTH DOBLE AND PORTER.
AND THOSE ARE ALL, UM, WORKING OUT THE WAY WE THOUGHT, WHERE SOUTH IS VERY MUCH ABOUT CONNECTING AND ACADEMIC GROUNDING.
DOBLE ABOUT, UM, LEARNING BY DOING OPPORTUNITIES AND CONNECTIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS AND PORTER, REALLY CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BOTH IN ACADEMIC INTENSITY OF CLASSROOM USE AND OUR COLLABORATIONS.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE DRAFT OF A SLIDE SHOWING HOW ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS, UM, THE AREAS FOR ACTIVITY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS LAID OUT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE, UM, RIGHT NEXT BEHIND 1 0 1 BRATTLE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE BASKETBALL COURTS AND THE, UM, PING PONG TABLES AND COMMUNITY GATHERING.
AND THEN WHERE YOU HAVE REED, UM, ALL THE WAY FORWARD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, WHICH IS REALLY THE QUAD.
AND THEN ALL THE SPACES IN BETWEEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FROM RIGHT WASHBURN CHERYL, THAT ARE NOW OUTFITTED WITH THE APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING AND, UM, OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND THE ABILITY TO REALLY, UM, PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY WITH A FULL FLEDGED PLINTH CONNECTING ALL THOSE BUILDINGS FOR ACCESS.
AND WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE COLOR MAP, BUT BASICALLY YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS OF THE VARIOUS, UM, BOCCE AND, AND CRICKET AND VOLLEYBALL.
SO UNIVERSITY WIDE, OUR CONNECTIVE FABRIC WILL BE ONGOING FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ART, LANDSCAPING AND WAYFINDING.
UM, AS WE GET TO BETTER WEATHER, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHERYL HALL RENOVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ST.
JOHN'S CHAPEL, WHICH IS A FULL RESTORATION, UM, NOW MADE INTO A PERFORMANCE SPACE WITH LOTS OF, UM, THEATER LIGHTING STAGE AND ABLE TO HANDLE EVERYTHING FROM ACOUSTICAL PERFORMANCES TO MUSICALS AND PLAYS.
AND ALSO HAS SPACE ON THE SIDE ROOMS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANIMATION, GREEN SCREENS AND MORE TECHNOLOGICAL, UM, ENDEAVORS IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT PERFORMANCES.
OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY IS BROAD.
WE PARTNER WITH THE MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WE TALKED ABOUT, INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE,
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ENRICHING THE STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES IN CLASSROOMS. UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS TO OFFER PATHWAYS TO HIGHER EDUCATION WITH SOME HOMETOWN SCHOLARSHIPS AS ONE EXAMPLE, BUT ALSO WITH OUR GROWING EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH CAMBRIDGE BRIDGE AND LATIN, WHICH HAS GROWN FROM 30 PLUS STUDENTS TO OVER A HUNDRED STUDENTS.LESLIE'S ART DESIGN COMMUNITY ANIMATION STUDIO CREATED A SHORT TO CELEBRATE AT THE COMMUNITY ART CENTER.
AND THERE'S COMMUNITY ART OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH EVENTS AT THE LUND ARTS CENTER.
AND OUR FOCUS ON TENANTS, UM, AND KEEPING THEM LOCAL HAS REALLY ENRICHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN TO UNIVERSITY HALL KNOW THAT YME GA AND IN TOKU, UH, THE RENOVATIONS WE DID, UH, TO THE RESTAURANTS AND OPENED LAST YEAR, UM, ESSENTIALLY HAVE A LINE ALL THE TIME.
PORTER SQUARE BOOKS IS NOW LOCATED RIGHT ALONG MASS AVE, ALONG WITH THE, UM, PAGE AND LEAF CAFE.
WE RECENTLY HAD A BOBA TEA, UH, SHOP OPEN WHERE THE FORMER I LOVE SUSHI WAS.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING, UM, STILL WITH A VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT SHORTLY TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND WE HAVE REALLY ENHANCED, UM, I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE SEE THROUGH THAT, THAT BUILDING.
WE ALSO HAVE A DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIP WITH PLANET FITNESS, UM, AND OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS YET ANOTHER WAY THAT LESLIE IS CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO FOR US, OUR CAMPUS PLAN HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE CURRENT CAMPUS PLAN WITH THE CHAPEL, WHICH WILL BE OPENING AGAIN ON MARCH THE FIFTH.
AND WE'VE SEEN A REAL INCREASE IN OUR STUDENT SATISFACTION, UM, OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON REDEVELOPING OUR STUDENT LIFE PROGRAMS TO REALLY TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE RENOVATIONS AND THE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL STOP THE SHARE OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOLKS MAY HAVE.
AT THIS POINT, UM, WE WILL, UH, MOVE TO A PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK SHOULD NOW CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SAYS RAISE HAND.
IF YOU'RE CALLING IN BY PHONE, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND BY PRESSING STAR NINE UP TO 5:00 PM YESTERDAY WE HAD RECEIVED NO WRITTEN COMMENTS, SO ANY ADDITIONAL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THAT TIME WILL BE ADDED TO THE RECORD.
I'LL NOW ASK STAFF TO UNMUTE SPEAKERS AT ONE AT A TIME.
YOU SHOULD BEGIN BY SAYING YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND THE STAFF WILL CONFIRM THAT.
AFTER THAT, YOU'LL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK BEFORE I ASK YOU TO WRAP UP.
I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED QUITE YET, SO OKAY.
WE'LL GIVE, MAYBE, MAYBE PEOPLE ARE STILL THINKING ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND, SO I'LL JUST REPEAT THE INSTRUCTIONS TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR THE BUTTON.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, SO THAT WE KNOW YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU CAN PUSH THE RAISE HAND BUTTON OR STAR NINE ON YOUR PHONE.
YOU ONLY NEED TO DO IT ONCE AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE QUEUE.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE A FEW MORE SECONDS TO SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO THAT.
I AM STILL NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED, SO I THINK I'LL, UH, TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHAIR.
UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, WE WILL, UH, TURN TO QUESTIONS.
SO ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THE INSTITUTIONS OR FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT? PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME.
UM, ASHLEY, I THINK YOU RAISED YOUR HEAD FIRST.
I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION, MOSTLY OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHICH IS, UM, FOR A LOT OF THESE GRADUATE HOUSING DORMS, I WAS WONDERING IF ANY OF THE INSTITUTIONS HAVE A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, ARE, IS IT GRADUATE STUDENTS, UM, ARE PREFERRING TO STAY OFF CAMPUS OR SO IS THERE, YOU KNOW, ANY EXTRA BEDS OR ARE THESE ACTUALLY MOSTLY OCCUPIED? AND I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE SAME FOR, UM, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE HARVARD HAS A NEW, UH, BIG GRAD DORM BEING BUILT ON THE AUSTIN SIDE, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING, SO THANK YOU.
IS THERE A PART YOU WANT TO HAVE STAFF ANSWER THAT, UH, ASHLEY, OR IS THERE A PARTICULAR INSTITUTION YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, PUT IN THE CROSS HAIRS? I THINK IN GENERAL, IF ANY OF THE INSTITUTIONS KEEP TRACK OF, YOU
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KNOW, WHETHER IT'S MOSTLY LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT CAPACITY OR AS A, YOU KNOW, I COULD JUST SPEAK TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY, I KNOW THAT OUR, UM, AFFILIATED HOUSING AND OUR DORMS ARE VERY, UH, WELL OCCUPIED.SO, UM, I THINK THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF VACANCY AMONG OUR HOUSING THAT, THAT WAS ALEXANDRA, I'LL ASK PEOPLE TO SAY THEIR NAMES FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD.
'CAUSE THERE'S A TRANSCRIPT BEING MADE BEFORE THEY ADDRESS THE, UH, ADDRESS THE BOARD.
UH, SARAH, UH, THIS IS SARAH GALLUP, AND, UM, JUST TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, ASHLEY, UM, THE STUDENTS, THE GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT PREFERENCES.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE,
WE'VE DONE EXTENSIVE SURVEYS TRYING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT AMENITIES THEY PREFER, UM, WHERE THEY LIKE TO LIVE, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.
AND, UM, AND SO WE'VE, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
WE JUST BROUGHT ONLINE, UM, OVER A THOUSAND NEW GRADUATE STUDENT, UM, UNITS, AND THEY, THEY'RE FULLY SUBSCRIBED.
UH, IN SCOTT'S, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, HE NOTED A, UH, DECLINE IN, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, CERTIFICATE OF NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS, UM, AND HAD, UH, SUGGESTED THAT MIGHT BE, UH, DUE TO, UH, LARGE PART OF LESLIE.
UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION WAS FOR MI UH, FOR, NOT FOR MIT BUT FOR HARVARD, UM, CERTAINLY THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF, UM, THE EXTENSION SCHOOL, UH, HAS BEEN A HUGE, UM, UM, UM, BENEFICIARY TO, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS.
UH, ANY DROP IN ENROLLMENT IN THE EXTENSION SCHOOL, OR IS THAT CONTINUING TO BE, UM, THE STRENGTH THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST? HI, TOM LUCY FROM HARVARD.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE, UH, AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY DROP IN OR SIGNIFICANT DROP IN ENROLLMENT THERE, BUT YEAH, IT, IT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN VERY STRONG AND WE'RE PROUD OF RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO TAKE STUDENTS FROM CRLS CAN TAKE CLASSES THERE THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR US.
UM, BUT EXACT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
BUT ALEXANDER, UNLESS YOU'RE AWARE, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY SIGNIFICANT DROP.
I THINK THERE WAS A, A BIT OF A SPIKE DURING COVID, UH, WHERE THERE WAS, UH, HIGHER ENROLLMENT WITHIN OUR EXTENSION SCHOOLS AND DIVISION OF C CONTINUING ED.
AND I THINK NOW IT'S KIND OF BACK TO NORMAL.
SO THAT'S, AND IT DIDN'T CHANGE MUCH FROM LAST YEAR.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, I LOVED ALL THIS TOPICS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, UM, AND I FELT LIKE EACH INSTITUTION SORT OF IS PUSHING TOWARDS ELECTRIFICATION, AND I WAS WONDERING, UM, SORT OF THAT PLANNING OR HOW THE CITY'S INVOLVED WITH THAT, OR, YOU KNOW, THE POWER CONTAINED IN EACH UNIVERSITY, OR ARE THEY BORROWING FROM THE CITY? I'M JUST WONDERING WITH THE INCREASE OF AN ELECTRIFIED GRID OR, OR, OR CAMPUS IF THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE CAMPUS OR FROM THE CITY? SO CAPACITY QUESTION DIEGO? YEAH, I GUESS MORE, MORE SO, YEAH, WHEN, WHEN IF, IF THERE, IF THE, IF THERE'S GONNA BE AN INCREASE IN ELECTRIFICATION FOR THE CAMPUS, FOR BUILDINGS AND, AND TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, IS THAT GONNA FALL, IS THAT POWER GONNA COME FROM THE CITY OR DOES IT COME FROM THE CAMPUS ITSELF, OR HOW DOES THAT PLANNING PROCESS WORK, MR. HIGGINS? SURE.
UH, SO I'LL, I'LL ANSWER ON BEHALF OF, UH, MIT THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN PLANNING AT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
UM, WE, WE THINK WE CAN ELECTRIFY, UH, PROBABLY 30 TO 40% OF THE HEAT ON OUR CAMPUS WITH THE CURRENT ELECTRIC SERVICE, UH, THAT WE HAVE FROM, FROM EVERSOURCE, AND THAT'S USING THE HEAT SOURCE GENERATED BY OUR AIR CONDITIONING PLANT.
SO, UM, OTHER SOURCES WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND I KNOW THAT GLENN HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, UH, CLEAN STEAM FROM VICINITY, UM, ENERGY, UM, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A TRANSMISSION LINE AND THEY HAVE AN ENERGY SOURCE IN THE CHARLES RIVER THAT EXISTS TODAY.
SO, SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU IMPORT CLEAN HEAT TODAY IN KENDALL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WITHOUT ADDING ANY ELECTRICAL CAPACITY TO THE GRID, SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, SORT OF CARD.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THERE'LL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ANOTHER, UM, STUDY AND EVALUATION THAT'S, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THAT'S LOOKING AT IT MORE, UM,
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GREATER BOSTON WIDE IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIND A HEAT SOURCE, LIKE, SO YOU HAVE TO GET THE SOURCE FROM THE GROUND, FROM THE HARBOR, FROM, YOU KNOW, RIVERS, FROM DEEP GEOTHERMAL BEDROCK.SO THERE'S A WHOLE THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN, IN CONCERT WITH, WITH HARVARD, MIT, MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL, LIKE, LIKE 12 LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE UTILITY COMPANIES, UH, YOU KNOW, INGRID AND EVERSOURCE AND, AND, UH, AND THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE ARE, ARE ENGAGED IN THIS, UM, EFFORT.
SO I, I THINK IT'S ALL AROUND HOW CAN WE ELECTRIFY HEAT WITHOUT HAVING THE UTILITY COMPANY LIKE DRAG WIRES EVERYWHERE,
SO TO DO IT CENTRALLY IS REALLY THE WAY TO, UH, TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
AND, AND IT'S DOING IT THROUGH MULTIPLE LAYERS.
UH, I HOPE THAT WAS AT LEAST THAT PARTIAL, UH, HELPFUL EXPLANATION.
UH, A QUESTION FOR PROBABLY MICHAEL AND SARAH FROM MIT.
UM, THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO, UH, DARLING DUMPING HOUSE, DUMPLING HOUSE AND ALSO MORE FUN IN CENTRAL SQUARE.
AND SO THAT, THAT RAISES, UH, ARE THOSE, UH, BUILDINGS OWNED BY MIT AND IS THAT WHY THERE'S A REFERENCE TO THEM? THE OTHER RETAIL THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS IN OBVIOUSLY, UH, BUILDINGS THAT MIT IS IS LOCATED IN, UH, THERE'S SO MANY EMPTY RETAIL SPACES IN THROUGHOUT CAMBRIDGE, AND I WAS WONDERING WHETHER YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY LEASING RETAIL SPACES AND, UH, IF SO, WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO, UH, FILL THEM AND, UH, JUST ALSO WHETHER THERE ARE ANY PLANS FOR WHAT THE RETAIL WILL BE IN THE BUILDINGS THAT MIT, UH, IS LEASING OUT.
THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME, DIDN'T IT? UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, UH, THOSE ARE MIT BUILDINGS, UH, THAT, UH, WHERE, UH, DARLING AND MORE FUN ARE.
UH, AND THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION AROUND THE VACANCY IN RETAIL.
SO RIGHT NOW ALL OF MIT OWNED RETAIL IS FULLY LEASED.
UM, AS I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION, SOME OF THEM ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, AND WE'LL BE DELIVERING LATER THIS YEAR, BUT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY, ANY DETAIL VACANCY IN OUR, IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
UM, I, A QUESTION FOR MIT AND A QUESTION FOR HARVARD.
UH, FOR MIT, UM, JUST GOING BACK TO THE CDD MEMO, UM, OR THE PRESENTATION, UM, AND THE OUTSIZED EMISSIONS THAT MIT HAS COM ON A, COMPARED TO KIND OF GFA, I ASSUME I, WHEN I SAW THAT, I MADE THE SAME ASSUMPTION, UM, THAT SCOTT DID, UH, WHICH IS TO SAY THAT I ASSUME IT'S BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR OUTSIZED
UM, JUST A KIND OF CURIOSITY ON MY PART FOR HARVARD, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, RESILIENCY, UM, AND OPEN SPACE.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PARTS OF HARVARD'S CAMPUS THAT ARE, UH, THAT ALMOST LOOK SUNK SUNKEN COMPARED TO KIND OF THE GROUND POINT AROUND THEM.
UM, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF HARVARD HAS FLOODING PROBLEMS CURRENTLY, AND IF THAT'S A RESILIENCY PIECE THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT OR NOT.
UH, SO, UH, FOR ON MIT'S, UH, SORT OF RESPONDING TO THAT, UM, SO OUR NUMBERS LOOK A, A LITTLE BIT HIGH, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S TWO REASONS FOR THAT.
UH, ONE, UM, WAS EXPLAINED IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A HIGH, UM, ENERGY DENSE CAMPUS AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE VERY HIGH VENTILATION, UH, REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUILDING.
SO WE HAVE TO BRING IN COLD AIR, A LOT OF COLD AIR, UH, LIKE ON A DAY LIKE TODAY AND HEAT IT UP, UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SAFE SAFETY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE LABORATORIES AND THE FUME HOODS AND THE LIKE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REJECT THAT HEAT.
SO SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING IS TO, TO RECAPTURE AS MUCH OF THAT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HEAT AND PUT IT BACK INTO THE HEAT SYSTEM.
SO AS PART OF OUR DECARBONIZATION STRATEGY, UH, WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY RECOVER ABOUT 30 TO 40% OF THOSE EMISSIONS AND PUT IT BACK INTO HEATING WITHOUT US HAVING TO USE FOSSIL FUELS TO HEAT THAT.
I, I THINK THE OTHER EXPLAINER
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IS, UM, MIT GENERATES ABOUT 90% OF ITS ELECTRICITY, UH, WITH NATURAL GAS.UH, BUT WE GET THE BENEFIT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, FREE HEAT AS A BYPRODUCT OF THAT, AS PART OF THE CO-GENERATION PROCESS.
BUT, UH, THE BENEFIT OF THAT TODAY IS, UM, TWOFOLD.
ONE IS, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO GENERATE POWER MUCH CLEANER THAN WE CAN BUY IT FROM THE UTILITY GRID.
SO, SO THE UTILITY GRID IS STILL, YOU KNOW, 80% FOSSIL FUEL DRIVEN.
UM, BUT WE CAN GENERATE HEAT AND ELECTRICITY, UH, MUCH CLEANER THAN THE POWER GRID BY ABOUT 20 TO 30 ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, PROBABLY 40% CLEANER THAN THE POWER GRID.
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU SEE SORT OF A, A HIGHER, UH, EMISSIONS RATE TO DO THAT.
BUT IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE THAT ELECTRICITY FROM THE POWER GRID, AND YOU LOOKED AT NOT JUST CAMBRIDGE, YOU LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE PLANET
SO, SO I WOULDN'T INTERPRET THAT AS THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE APPLES ORANGES AND, AND, AND BANANAS AND, AND THERE'S NO COMPARISON.
BUT THAT'S THE TWO PART ANSWER.
IT'S THE US GENERATING ELECTRICITY CLEANER THAN THE POWER GRID, AND IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOVER SOME MORE WASTE HEAT FROM THE INTENSIVE LAB VENTILATION THAT WE HAVE COMPARED TO HARVARD AND OTHERS.
AND IS HARVARD GOT A FLOODING PROBLEM? ALEXANDRA OFF YOUNG HARVARD UNIVERSITY? UM, SO WE, UM, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY A CAMPUS WITH A LOT OF RIVERFRONT.
UM, WE DON'T GENERALLY HAVE A LOT OF FLOODING ISSUES THAT I'M AWARE OF.
UH, BUT IT IS TRUE THAT WE'VE IN INVESTED A LOT IN STORM WATER, UM, RESILIENCE, UH, IN ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK ON.
SO WE ARE, UM, TAKING THAT ON, UH, AS WE DO PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, BUT IT IS NOT, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT YOU MEANT BY THE SUNKEN AREAS.
UM, BUT THAT IS NOT A, A MAJOR PROBLEM ON OUR CAMPUS.
WELL, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS JUST WORKING IN REVERSE ORDER.
I, I NOTICED, UM, IN YOUR PROJECTIONS OF PROPERTY DEAC ACQUISITION, AND I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF A CAMPUS, UH, RENEWAL.
UH, WELL, IT'S A QUESTION FOR HARVARD AND, UH, MAYBE IT'S MORE A SUGGESTION THAN A HARVARD, THAN A QUESTION.
UH, AT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, A RT IS GOING TO MOVE FROM HARVARD SQUARE OVER INTO ALSTON INTO A NEW FACILITY.
UM, UH, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY BEEN TRYING TO DE-EMPHASIZE AUTOMOBILE USE.
UH, THAT FACILITY WILL BE A FAIR DISTANCE FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UH, OTHER THAN AN OCCASIONAL BUS.
I'M WONDERING WHETHER HARVARD HAS ANY PLANS TO MAYBE PROVIDE SOME SORT OF SHUTTLE SERVICE FOR, UH, THE, THE PUBLIC RATHER THAN SIMPLY FOR STUDENTS, UH, TO TAKE PEOPLE TO THE THEATER WHEN THERE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTATIONS.
I THINK I CAN TAKE IT, I GUESS, UH, TOM C HARVARD.
UM, UH, SO YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, PROVIDING ACCESS TO HARVARD SQUARE FROM, UM, FROM THE NEW A RT THE GIRLS CENTER, PARTICULARLY ON EVENT DAYS.
WE WILL BE RUNNING SHUTTLES THAT, THAT BRING PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH.
OUR SHUTTLES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY, THE ONES THAT RUN TODAY AS WELL.
AND THERE IS PRETTY FREQUENT SERVICE BETWEEN ALSTON AND HARVARD SQUARE ON A REGULAR BASIS AS WELL.
UM, I JUST, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON A RT.
UM, I NOTICED IN THE REPORT THAT THERE WAS, UH, MENTION OF THE PURCHASE OF 1143 MASS, UM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WAS PURCHASED ON BEHALF OF A RT PER BEQUEST, UM, THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT DO, DO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT BUILDING IS GONNA BE USED FOR, UM, BY A RT AND HOW IT'S GONNA INTEGRATE WITH THEIR OVERALL, UH, PROGRAM? SINCE MOST OF IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING TO ALSTON, ALEXANDRA OFF YOUNG, I CAN TAKE THAT.
UM, THAT BUILDING, UH, IS ACTUALLY LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, THE FORMER OBERON THEATER.
AND IT HAS BEEN IN USE FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR CAST MEMBERS WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF, GENERALLY BASED OUT OF TOWN.
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UM, THEY, THAT BUILDING IS WHERE THEY ARE HOUSED WHEN THEY'RE HERE.SO I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE FUTURE INTENTIONS, BUT THAT'S HOW THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN USED TO SUPPORT THE AARTS OPERATIONS.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE OVERALL ANYMORE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
IT'S STILL VERY VA VERY VALUABLE.
UH, IT'S A VERY VALUABLE ASSET FOR, FOR THE OH, SURE.
I JUST, I'D LIKE TO SEE AS, AS MUCH, UM, PUBLIC ACTIVITY BY A RT OR OTHER ARTS GROUPS UP IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE SQUARE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, RETAIL IS SO DIFFICULT THESE DAYS, UM, AND RESTAURANTS TRYING TO SURVIVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED THIS IN OTHER YEARS, THAT HAVING THAT, UM, THAT PRESENCE OF THE THEATERS, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT BOOST TO, UM, TO SOME OF THE ADJACENT, UH, RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA.
UM, I ALSO HAD A QUESTION JUST ABOUT, UM, PALMER STREET.
UM, I'M EXCITED THAT THINGS ARE BEING REVITALIZED THERE.
AS SOMEBODY WHO USED TO WORK AT THE, IN THE TEXTBOOK DEPARTMENT ON PALMER STREET,
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHETHER, UH, YOU'RE ENVISIONING MULTIPLE TENANTS FOR THAT SPACE, OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE LARGE USER, UH, ALEXANDRA A YOUNG, SO RIGHT NOW, THE, THE TENANT, I THINK THERE'S, UH, THE TENANTING PLAN IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
THERE'S, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UM, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DIFFERENT POTENTIAL TENANTS, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, UM, IT IS STILL, UH, NOT FINALIZED, SO I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK.
I KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL, UM, FLOOR PLAN SHOWED A FEW DIFFERENT LAYOUT POTENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS, DEPENDING ON WHO THE ACTUAL TENANT IS.
I SEE NO FURTHER HANDS ON MY SCREEN, SO MAYBE I'LL JUMP BACK IN.
UM, JUST QUICKLY TO, TO LESLIE, IN YOUR LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE GONNA, UM, UH, UH, DSS IS, UH, AN ADDRESS AT, UM, 33 EVERETT STREET, I GUESS, IS THAT, IS THAT STUDENT HOUSING CURRENTLY? AND IF SO, HOW MANY BEDS AND WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE, UH, SELLING THAT? SO THAT IS, UM, UH, WHITEHALL AND THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET NOW, UM, WORKING WITH OUR BROKER, UM, THAT WAS A RESIDENCE HALL.
UM, AND, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LAID IT OUT, AROUND APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED BEDS THAT WERE IN THE RESIDENCE HALL.
SO IS IT CURRENTLY IN YOUR STATISTICS FOR STUDENTS OR HOUSE OR STUDENTS HOUSED IN IT CURRENTLY? STUDENTS ARE NOT HOUSED IN IT CURRENTLY NOW.
SO THOSE ARE NOT IN OUR DATA BECAUSE THERE'S NO STUDENTS IN THERE.
UM, FOR MIT, UH, A QUESTION ABOUT PARKING, I, I WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT THE PARKING CENSUS INDICATED THAT YOU WERE ONLY PARKING ON 62.8% OF YOUR SPACES.
UM, WHICH ACCORDING TO MY FUZZY MATH WAS ABOUT 3000 VACANT SPACES PER DAY.
I WAS WONDERING, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO RETURN THOSE TO, UH, GREEN SPACE? WE'RE ALL HOPING SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO ANSWER THAT
UH, Y YEAH, SO I, I, I THINK WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME, SOME PARKING THAT, THAT WOULD BE SLATED FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
I, I KNOW WE HAVE THE, THE SORT OF THE ALBANY STREET GARAGE, YOU KNOW, WHICH MIGHT BECOME, YOU KNOW, A SECOND PART OF PHASE OF OUR COLLEGE OF COMPUTING MM-HMM
SO I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PARKING DECKS PROBABLY WILL NOT CONTINUE TO SERVE ITSELF AS, UH, PARKING LONG TERM.
UM, THERE'S SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SMALLER PARKING DECKS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, REDEVELOPMENT FOR ACADEMIC AND, AND, AND RESEARCH, UH, SPACE.
UM, SO I, I, I THINK OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, WOULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MOVE OVER TIME TO, UH, TO GREEN SPACE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MORE AREAS TO PLANT TREES,
AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT, UM, UPTICK A LITTLE BIT AS, AS, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE, THE RELIABILITY OF THE, THE TEA AND, AND, AND OTHER SERVICES, UH, IMPROVED.
SO, SO WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THAT, THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING OTHER MODES, NOT JUST, JUST CARS.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I THINK THEN THAT THIS PLANNING BOARD MEMBER AND, AND MIT SEEMS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT THAT TRANSITION IS A VERY, VERY POSITIVE
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THING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON.SO, UM, FOR HARVARD, UM, I WANT TO GO TO PALMER STREET AS WELL.
I WAS LOOKING AT THAT RENDERING, UM, IN A CLOSE, UH, SCRUTINY OF YOUR MAP SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THE REPORT THIS YEAR.
I NOTICED THAT YOU SEEM TO OWN THE BUILDING THAT CONTAINS HASIM COFFEE HOUSE, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF PALMER AND CHURCH STREET.
AND, UM, THAT IS A, UH, OBVIOUSLY A, A CAMBRIDGE ICON, UH, A CULTURAL INSTITUTION, NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, BUT PROBABLY TO THE NATION IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT'S THE UNIVERSITY'S ATTITUDE ABOUT THAT TENANT, AND DO YOU SUPPORT THAT? NOT-FOR-PROFIT, UH, UM, UH, MUSIC VENUE, ALEXANDRA OFF YOUNG.
UM, I MEAN, POSSE HAS BEEN, HAS LONG BEEN A TENANT, UH, OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN THAT BUILDING.
AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, I KNOW THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT HARVARD COMMON SPACES HAS PARTNERED WITH THEM FOR DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES.
UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY ARE CONTINUING TO OPERATE THERE.
AND THAT IS THE, IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THE PLAN.
SO I KNOW, KNOW NOTHING BEYOND THAT, BUT THEY'RE A LONGSTANDING TENANT, UH, IN OUR BUILDING.
I, I DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THE FOLK MUSIC, UH, BUSINESS, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG PROFIT CENTER.
AND SO I HOPE, UM, ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT AS THE LANDLORD, THAT, UH, THERE'S OTHER IMPORTANT REASONS TO SUPPORT THAT BESIDES, UH, UH, MONTHLY RENT.
SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY ON THE SAME PAGE.
TOM, I'LL JUST ADD TOM LUCY FROM HARVARD, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE HARVARD'S LEASING PRACTICES IN IN HARVARD SQUARE HAVE ALLOWED US, UH, TO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ICONIC BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN HARVARD RETAIL, YEAH.
THEY'RE MOSTLY IN HARVARD BUILDINGS.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT THE LANDLORD CHASING THE LAST DOLLAR.
AND SOME OF THESE PLACES WOULDN'T BE THERE, IF NOT WERE FOR HARVARD.
SO, UM, JUST TO BACK UP WHAT ALEXANDRA SAID, THAT IT, IT'S NOT JUST EM, IT'S OTHER IMPORTANT YEAH.
ICONIC, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE SQUARE.
AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE DETAILS, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR AN INSTITUTION OF THAT, THAT, UH, CULTURAL IMPORTANCE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE MOVE TO DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I THINK WE WILL MOVE TO THE EDITORIAL SIDE OF THE, UH, UH, EVENING AT THIS POINT.
UM, WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN, DAN, I KNOW I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU, DAN.
I THINK THAT IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, UM, GIVEN SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUCHED ON, BUT THE, THE KIND OF POLITICAL HEADWINDS THAT, UM, UM, WE LIVE IN, UM, THE, UM, RESILIENCE THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS HAVE PRESENTED, UM, INSPIRES ME.
I MEAN, WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, ENORMOUSLY AND A, UH, A CITY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT, UH, EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND A DRAW INTERNATIONALLY.
UM, SO THERE'S THAT, THAT KIND OF VIBRANCY.
I MEAN, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS, CAN THERE BE MORE HOUSING? I MEAN, THERE'S MORE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A MYRIAD OF THINGS, UH, THAT OBVIOUSLY CAN BE IMPROVED AND, AND BUILT UPON.
BUT, UM, I, I JUST THINK THAT IT REALLY GOES, UM, UM, WITH GREAT THANKS AND KIND OF, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, UH, THAT, UH, WE GET TO HAVE A TOWN AND GOWN CONVERSATION, UM, WITH, UM, WITH REALLY GREAT ADVOCATES.
AND SO, UM, MY COMMENT AT THE MOMENT IS REALLY JUST THANK YOU.
UM, MARY FLYNN, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, I WANNA GIVE YOU, UH, MY THANKS AS WELL.
I THINK, UM, THE REPORTS THIS YEAR WERE, WERE REALLY OUTSTANDING AND, UM, I, I REALLY ADMIRE, UM, ALL OF THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU FOLKS ARE DOING.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, I THINK ONE THING GOING FORWARD THAT I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE IS, IS REALLY A LITTLE BIT OF THINKING ABOUT MORE OF HOW YOU PLAN INTERNALLY, NOT JUST WHAT PROJECTS YOU'RE WORKING ON ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.
BUT YOU KNOW, HOW I, THIS, AS DAN WAS SAYING, AND, AND YOU'VE MENTIONED, SOME OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS, IT'S A VERY TURBULENT TIME, AND IT MAY BE FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, HOW, HOW DO YOU, I MEAN, WHAT ARE SORT OF THE MECHANICS OF THE PLANNING PROCESSES THAT THE UNIVERSITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES HARVARD WORK WITH EACH OF THE SCHOOLS? HOW DO YOU PROJECT NUMBERS FOR STUDENTS THAT, UM,
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THAT ARE, ARE LIKELY TO ENROLL IN THE COMING YEARS? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE ON, ON HOUSING? UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE DONE A LOT ON ZONING IN THE PAST YEAR TO ALLOW FOR MORE HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN THE CITY.AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK'S PLANNING BOARD MEETING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE UNIVERSITIES ARE PLANNING ON STAYING WITHIN, THEN BUILDING WITHIN THE, THEIR CURRENT CAMPUS, UM, BOUNDARIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT SORT OF CHANGES MIGHT BE NEEDED TO, UM, TO FACILITATE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO HOUSE, UM, PEOPLE ON, OR MORE PEOPLE ON CAMPUS.
SO, UM, I'M SURE IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'D, YOU'D BREAK IT DOWN SUCCINCTLY INTO A, A REPORT, BUT I THINK, UM, I THINK THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY, UM, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY WITH THE PLANNING BOARD OR WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, WOULD BE HELPFUL AS, AS WE THINK ABOUT, AS THE PLANNING BOARD THINKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING AND, AND FUTURE ZONING CHANGES.
SO, UM, JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
I THINK YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I FEEL, I FEEL VERY LUCKY TO HAVE, UH, TO LIVE IN THIS CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE AMAZING RESOURCES FROM A VARIETY OF, OF INSTITUTIONS, BUT PARTICULARLY, UM, THE ONES WHO ARE REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.
AND, UM, ECHOING, UM, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH REPORTS.
AND I THINK, UM, BUILDING ON WHAT DAN DESCRIBED, UM, IN PARTICULAR MIT BEGINNING YOUR REPORT, TOUCHING ON THE FEDERAL CONTEXT AND CLIMATE, I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT KIND OF CANDOR UP FRONT, WHICH SETS A BIT OF A STAGE, AND I KNOW THAT'S IMPACTING ALL OF THE INSTITUTIONS HERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, DAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESILIENCY THROUGH THIS, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, WILL, I'M, YOU KNOW, THIS TOWN GOWN IS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE A YEAR AGO.
UM, MAYBE STARTING A LITTLE BIT FROM REVERSE WITH LESLIE, THIS IS MY THIRD TOWN GOWN.
UM, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, THE TRAJECTORY THAT I'VE WATCHED IN JUST THESE THREE YEARS HAS BEEN PRETTY REMARKABLE, UM, WITH LESLIE REFOCUSING ON EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, UM, THE DEAC ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES, THIS KIND OF FOCUS ON CAMPUS, UM, CONSOLIDATION AND IDENTITY.
UM, AND I WOULD JUST REALLY COMMEND YOU BECAUSE IT FEELS EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, IN THIS, LIKE, I'M GETTING A CLEAR AND CLEARER PICTURE OF WHERE YOU'RE HEADED.
AND, AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, CONCERN AT THE TIME, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE WERE STUDENTS, THERE WERE FACULTY, STAFF, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAD, YOU KNOW, CHANGE, CHANGE IS HARD, RIGHT? UM, BUT, UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY FASCINATING WATCHING THAT PROCESS.
UM, AND ONE WAY I'VE SEEN IT IS IN THE PROGRAM YOU HAVE WITH A PAIR OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, IT MAKES, IT, IT, I FEEL VERY LUCKY TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE THIS ENORMOUS RESOURCE RIGHT HERE, UM, THIS KIND OF STREAMLINING FOR PARA-PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TOWARDS, UM, DEGREES.
UM, AND SO MAYBE BUILDING ON THAT, I, I KIND OF LOVE THESE BECAUSE THE TOWN GOWNS ARE KIND OF HALF ABOUT YOUR, THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU KNOW, CONTEXT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ALL DEALING WITH, RIGHT? IT'S THE, IT'S THE PHYSICAL SPACE THAT WE'RE IN, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW COMMUNITIES ARE CONNECTED, RIGHT? SO BUILDING ON THAT, I ALSO, FROM MY BOYS AT SCHOOL, HEAR ABOUT THEIR FIELD TRIPS AND THE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE SCIENCE PROGRAMS AT MIT AND HARVARD.
UM, AND SO I, I DEEPLY APPRECIATE KIND OF HEARING THAT AND BEING REMINDED OF THAT AND, AND JUST SAYING HERE TO YOU ALL AS REPRESENTATIVES, THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT STAYS CENTRAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR REPORTS YOU TALK ABOUT BOTH YOUR INSTITUTIONS, BUT ALSO WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF THE BROADER CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I LOVE ACTUALLY MARY FLYNN, YOUR, YOUR KIND OF ARTICULATION OF, I WONDER IF THESE TOWN GOWN REPORTS COULD, YOU KNOW, START TO UNPACK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, IF NOT JUST THE PROCESS, UM, THINK OF THESE AS TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION THAT ARE GONNA BE, ARE SO IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR THE FOLKS HERE, BUT THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
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I SAY THAT BECAUSE DURING, DURING, SAY, MIT'S PRESENTATION, UM, MS. NEWMAN PULLED UP A RESILIENCY FLOOD MAP THAT I DIDN'T SEE IN THE DOCUMENT.UM, AND I, I FEEL LIKE THE DOCUMENT EVERY YEAR I'VE SEEN IT IS SO FOCUSED ON BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND TAX, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAXABLE AREA, NON-TAXABLE AREA.
UM, AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAVE REALLY, YOU KNOW, HARVARD EMPHASIZES THAT PUBLIC REALM IS PART OF YOUR PLANNING PRINCIPLES.
I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO MAYBE TRY GETTING MAPS, RIGHT? I'M A, I'M A VERY VISUAL MAP ORIENTED PERSON THAT HELPED TO UNPACK THE PUBLIC REALM OF AN INSTITUTION, UM, IN THE CONTEXT OF, OF A UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S OUTSIDE A BUILDING, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UM, UH, SCOTT DID HIS METRICS UPFRONT, YOU CAN TELL THAT HE'S SO, HE'S SO BURDENED WITH THE BUILDING, UH, METRICS THAT THERE'S NOT THE COMPARABLE, AND I, IT, PART OF IT IS, I THINK IT'S STARTING TO EMERGE AS THE, THE, THE CONTENT THAT HE'S GONNA NEED, THE DATA HE'S GONNA NEED IS, WELL, WHAT'S THE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING METRIC? LIKE, UM, NOW I'VE SEEN BOTH OF THE HARVARD AND THE MIT, WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF TREES, WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF SPECIES.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT YEAR TO YEAR, THIS IS PROBABLY MORE OF AN ASSIGNMENT FOR, FOR SCOTT.
UM, BUT I'M WONDERING WHAT THOSE OTHER METRICS ARE THAT MIGHT HELP US THINK OUTSIDE THE BUILDINGS, WHICH IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO THESE SCHOOLS OR TEACHING OR WORKING IN THEM, IT'S THE OUTSIDE THAT MOSTLY THEY GET.
IT ALSO MAKES ME THINK A LOT ABOUT THE CITY'S INITIATIVE TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE LITTLE SIGNS, WHAT IS PUBLIC SPACE, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT WALK WE DID OVER IN KENDALL, AND THERE'S A LITTLE, A LITTLE SIGN THAT SAYS THIS IS, THIS IS NOT PRIVATE.
RIGHT? UM, AND IT REMINDS ME THAT A REPORT LIKE THIS CAN BE A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE PROVIDING TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT AND SUBSTANTIAL.
UM, AND AGAIN, KIND OF A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATION.
SO MAYBE THAT'S JUST URGING IN THE NEXT YEAR, MAYBE HAVING LIKE AN OPEN SPACE MAP.
I THINK HARVARD ALSO TALKING ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE JFK MEMORIAL PARK.
UM, NOT THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S KIND OF AN INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO TAKING CARE OF, OF KIND OF OUR, ALL OF OUR SHARED PUBLIC REALM.
SO, UM, I, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S KIND OF FOR THE REPORT, I THINK TO MARY, MARY FLYNN'S POINT, AND WHAT I KINDA MEAN BY THAT, SOMETIMES THOSE KIND OF MAPPINGS HELP ME THINK OF AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
I THINK WE HEARD FROM A, A COUPLE FOLKS TOO, LIKE, UM, FROM MIT WITH THE OPEN SPACE RENEWAL AND THE TREE CANOPY STEWARD STARTED, WE ALL KNOW THOSE LIKE MCDERMOTT COURT, THAT'S A, IT'S GREAT TO KIND OF START TO HAVE THAT IN MY MIND OF, OH, THIS ISN'T A PLANNING PROCESS, RIGHT? LIKE, I SHOULD BE WATCHING THIS.
UM, SO THINKING OF IT AS SOMETHING THAT IS PROACTIVELY LETTING US ALL KNOW WHAT'S COMING AS WELL.
AND DON'T BE SCARED TO HIGHLIGHT EVEN MORE OF THOSE.
LIKE I THINK HARVARD MAYBE MENTIONED, UH, A BUNCH OF PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS ON MASS AVE THROUGH HARVARD SQUARE THAT CAN BE UPFRONT IN LIKE YOUR, THESE ARE OUR BIG PROJECTS.
UM, WHICH IS ALSO, OH, MY, MY LAST THOUGHT ON ON REALLY GETTING THE PUBLIC REALM OUT OF THE BACKGROUND, IS IT FOR HARVARD, THE TREES ARE, ARE BACK WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY.
AND I FEEL LIKE NOT JUST THE TREES, BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE THE PUBLIC REALM UP WITH THE OPEN SPACE, BUT IT SHOULD KINDA BE WITH THE FACILITIES.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S LIKE, THESE ARE THESE ASSETS THAT ARE, ARE THIS IS IT? RIGHT? UM, AND SO I I KIND OF URGING, SHIFTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP INTO THE FOREGROUND, UM, AND INSTEAD OF TREATING IT AS, WILL WE DO THIS FOR SUSTAINABILITY? WELL, YES, AND, AND NO, RIGHT? LIKE, IT, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS IMPORTANT AS SHELTER, RIGHT.
OUTSIDE NATURE ACCESS TO THIS.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AND OVERWHELMINGLY JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL DO THIS.
VERY GRATEFUL THAT I GET TO LIVE IN THIS CITY WITH SUCH GREAT INSTITUTIONS.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MY FOURTH TOWN GOWN NEXT YEAR.
I JUST WANNA START OFF BY ECHOING A LOT OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS SENTIMENT.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE ALL THESE INSTITUTIONS, UM, ADD SO MUCH TO THE VIBRANCY AND JUST THE LIFE OF OUR CITIES, AND LIKE, LITERALLY OPENING DOORS AND GATES, WHICH I KNOW EVEN LAST YEAR WAS A STRUGGLE.
SO, UM, YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
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I APPRECIATE THIS YEAR AND THE, UM, IN THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE MATERIALS, JUST TALK, THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS.AND, UM, IT'S, I KNOW IT'S VERY INSPIRING TO KNOW THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE THINKING, UM, AHEAD AND THINKING GRANULARLY AND, UH, I ALWAYS LOVE SEEING A COUNTRY CANOPY, UH, STUDY.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S ALSO VERY ENCOURAGING.
UM, AND THIS IS MAYBE LESS OF A COMMENT TO INSTITUTIONS AND MAYBE FOR FOOD, FOR THOUGHT FOR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF, BUT JUST COMING OFF OF LAST WEEK'S MEETING ABOUT, UM, THE INSTITUTIONAL REGULATIONS OR LACK OF, I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, I LOVE HEARING ABOUT WHAT BUILDINGS ARE BEING BUILT OR BEING PROJECTED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, OR EVEN IN, UM, IN THE PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE THING, LET'S SAY THE CITY OF BOSTON DOES FOR THEIR INSTITUTIONS IS, AND I DON'T WANNA ADD
SO THAT WAS JUST ONE THOUGHT, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, AND I, I WILL TRY NOT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT, UM, I, I COME TO THIS THINKING, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER THE INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY TO MAKE A BETTER PLACE, A BETTER PLACE TO HAVE HIGHER ED AND A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AS A CITY? AND, UH, ASHLEY JUST ALLUDED TO THE HEARING WE HAD A WEEK AGO.
UH, AND, UH, IT OCCURRED TO US AS WE WERE LOOKING AT A PASSAGE OF ENVISION CAMBRIDGE TO, TO DIRECT US IN THIS INSTITUTIONAL ZONING WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, UH, ENVISION VERY CLEARLY SAID, WELL, IT IMAGINED THE GROWTH OF THE CAMPUSES, UH, IN TERMS OF DENSIFYING ON THE CAMPUS AND POTENTIALLY FILLING IN AROUND THE EDGES WHERE IT WAS APPROPRIATE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT, UM, UH, UH, SUGGEST IT.
AND SO THAT CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT BUILDING A WHOLE LOT, YOU'RE NOT GROWING RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE NOW IS THE TIME TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER AS A CITY AND A COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONS AND FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU MIGHT GROW WHEN, WHEN YOU DO HAVE TO GROW AND WHERE YOU DO HAVE TO RENEW.
AND, UM, WORKING TOGETHER MAYBE AS AN INSTITUTION, AS INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY TO PLAN, UH, IN A MOMENT WHEN WE'RE NOT BUILDING A WHOLE LOT.
UM, UH, I TOO AM, UH, KIND OF OVERWHELMED BY THE HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THESE REPORTS EVERY YEAR, AND THANK YOU.
IT HELPS US WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK INTENSELY.
AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT, UH, HIGHER ED IS UNDER CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE, UH, THIS YEAR AND I, THESE, THESE DAYS.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO GO ALSO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT MARY ECKER WAS BUILDING ON, WHICH WAS, UM, CAN YOU BE CLEARER ABOUT WHAT YOU OFFER? AND THERE IS A NEW MAP IN THE HARVARD, UM, THAT, THAT I FOUND EYE POPPING, A NEW MAP, WHICH IS, UH, ON, ON PAGE EIGHT, IT'S THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO HARVARD FACILITIES MAP.
UH, 'CAUSE IT REPRESENTS EXACTLY WHY WE'RE SITTING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, UH, THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE OFFERING LITERAL EXTENSION OF YOUR FACILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, I WOULD CHALLENGE LESLIE AND MIT TO COME UP WITH THIS EE EQUIVALENT GRAPHIC.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S COUPLED ACTUALLY WITH HARVARD AT THE END OF THE, THE END PAGES, UH, WITH LINKS TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THEY, UH, THEY OFFER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THAT MAP.
SO, UM, I WAS ALSO IMPRESSED BY MARY SAYING, WELL, WHY AREN'T THE TREES FOREGROUNDED? THEY'RE NOT JUST, UM, SUSTAINABILITY.
I, I, LESLIE WAS THE FIRST INSTITUTION TO DO A TREE MAP.
AND, UH, NOW EVERYBODY IS DOING THAT TOO.
IT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE THAT CANOPY, THAT TREE CANOPY IS WHAT WE SHARE, UH, AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I NOTICED HARVARD TALKED ABOUT ITS LARGE TREES AT 27% OF THEIR INVENTORY AND MEDIUM AT 63.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, RATHER THAN THE HEIGHT OF THE TREE, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS OR CIVIL ENGINEERS MEASURE CANOPY DENSITY? UM, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO UNDERSTAND
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BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS, I THINK, BOTH IN TERMS OF, UH, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL EQUALITY, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF HOW IT AFFECTS RUNOFF.SO, UM, JUST A CHALLENGE TO MAYBE TAKE OUR TREE MEASUREMENT YES.
FOREGROUND IT, AND THEN, UM, TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVER IN TERMS OF ITS EFFECT.
UM, I THINK I SAID THIS IN THE PAST, MITI DIDN'T SEE ANY PICTURES OF PIANOS FALLING OFF BUILDINGS, BUT THERE'S, I WAS, WHERE ARE THE HACKS? THERE USED TO BE HACKS,
UM, IT, WE MIGHT NEED HACKS MORE THAN EVER RIGHT NOW.
AND I KNOW THE INSTITUTION DOESN'T DO THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY TO CHALLENGE THEM.
UH, I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TO KEEP CAMBRIDGE WEIRD.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS IN THE BEST SENSE OF THAT, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ALL LIVE HERE.
AND I GUESS THE PIANO DOES GET DUMPED EVERY YEAR, BUT, UM, UM, THAT SPIRIT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE.
I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GRAND JUNCTION BIKE PATH.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OBSERVED, I THINK FOR THE LAST FIVE PLUS YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE IN THE TOWN GOWN.
UM, AND THANK YOU MIT FOR THE COOL SPOTS, UH, BEING A SANCTUARY FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN, UM, A, A HEATING WORLD, THANK YOU, LESLIE, TO THE THRESHOLD LIFETIME SUPPORT PROGRAM.
I'M IMMENSELY PROUD OF AN INSTITUTION THAT DOES THAT, THAT, UH, HELPS NEURODIVERSE, UH, NEIGHBORS OF MINE, UH, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.
I THINK THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE ETHOS OF YOUR INSTITUTION.
UM, I DO NOTICE THAT LESLIE WAS MAPPING NOW, OR AT LEAST COUNTING LARGE PLANTS, SO MAYBE THEY'RE TAKING THEIR LANDSCAPE INVENTORY TO A WHOLE NEW SCALE, A WHOLE NEW, A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
I THINK, UM, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A, A DECISION TO MAKE.
UM, I, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEND SOME COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, OR OBSERVATIONS IN PARTICULAR.
UH, MAYBE ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONSIDER A PLANNING PROCESS, UM, THAT WE MIGHT WORK, THE CITY MIGHT WORK WITH THE INSTITUTIONS AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN TERMS OF WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER SUGGESTIONS, UH, THAT BOARD MEMBERS WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, UH, OR WHAT THE FEELING IS ABOUT SENDING A RECOMMENDATION, UH, OR NOTES TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE, UM, SINCE SOME RECORD OF THIS, UH, CONVERSATION.
I, YEAH, I WOULD BE, I THINK WE SHOULD SEND SOMETHING, UM, OKAY.
UH, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL, UM, YOU KNOW, TO JUST HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE, THE, THE WONDERFUL THINGS THE UNIVERSITIES ARE DOING.
BUT I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING ABOUT THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT NEXT YEAR AND THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF, UH, FUTURE PLANNING, UH, WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST KIND OF GET ON ON THE RADAR.
AND, UH, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION TO, TO SHARE AND, UM, IT'S, IT ALSO GIVES US A USEFUL HISTORY OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IT'S EVOLVING.
GREAT, DAN? YEAH, I WOULD, I DEFINITELY WOULD SECOND THAT.
I THINK PASSING ALONG THIS WITH A, A RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED COLLABORATIVE WORK.
I THINK THAT WE'VE, WE'RE FACING SOME COLLECTIVELY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES, WHETHER IT'S ON CLIMATE RESILIENCY, ON THE ELECTRICAL GRID AND DECARBONIZATION.
UH, I THINK WE'RE ALL, ALL, YOU KNOW, FULLY, UH, UP TO OUR HIPS IN, UH, IN THIS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE REPORTS, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIND OF ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES.
UM, I THINK MAYBE A LITTLE GLIBLY LAST YEAR SAID, EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MORE CAN YOU DO? WHAT AREN'T YOU DOING ENOUGH OF? AND I THINK THE QUESTION MAYBE COMES BACK TO US TO SAY, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING ENOUGH OF? SO, UM, YOU, YOU HAVE A RESOURCE HERE OF, OF, UM, UM, SOME LINES ON THE PLANNING BOARD.
UM, I, I, UM, CAN'T EASILY VOLUNTEER THE BUSY TIME OF A CDD STAFF, BUT, UM, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S, UM, THERE'S AN OBLIGATION ON, ON ALL OF OUR PARTS TO, UM, COLLECTIVELY, UM, YOU KNOW, PULL UP THE BOOTSTRAPS.
UM, MARY, UM, WELL IF DAN WON'T DO IT, I'LL, I'LL VOLUNTEER CD'S TIME
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SO THE THING I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT, CDD OR EVEN DPW, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THEIR FORESTRY DEPARTMENT IS HELPING TO TAKE THE CONTENT AND JUST LIKE SCOTT DID HELP TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT.UM, BECAUSE I AM NOT JUST INTERESTED IN MIT COMPARED TO MIT FIVE YEARS AGO.
I'M INTERESTED IN MIT WITHIN THE URBAN FOREST OF CAMBRIDGE, RIGHT? AND, AND I KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND THEIR TEAM ON THOSE EFFORTS.
SO I, I GUESS I WONDER, I WONDER IF THERE IS A ROLE FOR CDD TO HELP PUT SOME OF THESE BIGGER TOPICS THAT ARE CROSS INSTITUTION TOGETHER FOR US A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ONES YOU BROUGHT UP TOM, AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING IT, 'CAUSE I NOTICED IT TOO, YOU, MIT YOU GOT, YOU HAD USED A, A MEGA GRAPHIC FOR YOUR, YOUR PARKING OCCUPANCY, WHICH WAS NOT
IS IT DECREASING OVER TIME? SURFACE PARKING, SAY, SO YOU BROKE THAT OUT TO SURFACE PARKING.
UM, SO I, I WOULD SAY THERE IS A ROLE FOR, YEAH, C, DD AND ALSO I, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION TO COMMENCE SCOTT, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE COMMENTS LAST YEAR THAT WAS BOTH FROM PLANNING BOARD BUT ALSO FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, WAS RELATIVE TO HELPING TO PUT, UM, UH, HOUSING, UH, SCHOOL H LIKE STUDENT HOUSING WITHIN CONTEXT.
'CAUSE 50% ARE HOUSED ON CAMPUS.
UM, AND SO SCOTT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
SO I CERTAINLY WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS TO CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE THESE INSTITUTIONS RELATIVE TO THAT.
AND I THOUGHT THE, THE KIND OF NATIONAL ONE WAS LESS HELPFUL THAN SAY THE BOSTON COMPARISON, RIGHT? SO I THINK THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP GIVE SOME CONTEXT FOR BOTH PLANNING BOARD TO MAKE DECISIONS AND HELP COUNCIL MAKE DECISIONS, BUT ALSO FOR CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE SOME CONTEXT.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTENSITY OF SAY SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE HOUSING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR, ALL THE DECISIONS AND CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE.
YEAH, THAT'S A, A GREAT SUGGESTION.
THOSE LAST THREE SLIDES WERE, WERE A RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM LAST YEAR, AND I THINK WE LOOK PRETTY GOOD COMPARED TO BOSTON.
SO, UM, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I MEAN, THE STORM WATER ONE IS, YOU KNOW, IT MOVES ACROSS CAMPUS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE FOCUS ON THE CHARLES RIVER BECAUSE OF COURSE, INFILTRATION, UM, AND PERMEABLE SURFACES DIRECTLY AFFECT THE HEALTH OF THAT, UH, ENORMOUS, UH, AND SPECTACULAR RESOURCE ALL ON OUR FRONT LAWN.
SO, UH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND AS ALSO PERMEABLE PAVEMENT AND STUFF.
BUT, SO THERE'S A, A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT, UM, UH, COULD BE DISCUSSED.
UH, THE CITY AND A LITTLE BIT OF FORETHOUGHT MIGHT HELP US.
AND THEN WHEN WE, UH, NEED TO, TO MOVE AHEAD ON SOME, SOME INITIATIVE.
SO I, I WOULD MOVE THAT, UM, THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, SUBMIT COMMENTS ON THE TOWN GOWN REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UM, I'LL SECOND IT.
UH, JEFF, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
AND TO FIND A BUNCH OF BUTTONS ON THAT MOTION.
IT'S ALL MEMBERS VOTING IN FAVOR.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PATIENCE TONIGHT.
IS THERE, UH, ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT PEOPLE WANNA RAISE AT THIS POINT? SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE INSTITUTIONS FOR YOUR PATIENCE FOR, UH, PRESENTING THIS AND PREPARING IT.
UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION ONCE AGAIN.
SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR, ON OUR AGENDA, UH, SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I WOULD MOVE THAT, UH, WE ADJOURN.