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WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE CAMBRIDGE BOARD OF ZONING APPEAL.
MY NAME IS STEVEN ING AND I'M THE CHAIR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER TWO OF THE ACTS OF 2023, ADOPTED BY MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO USE REMOTE PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE BOARD OF ZONING APPEAL.
THIS MEETING IS BEING VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDED AND IS BROADCAST ON CABLE TELEVISION CHANNEL 22 WITHIN CAMBRIDGE.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
ALL BOARD MEMBERS, APPLICANTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL STATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING.
ALL VOTES WILL BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE KEPT ON MUTE UNTIL IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL GIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT TIME.
AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE FOR REMOTE BZA MEETINGS.
GENERALLY, YOU'LL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'LL START BY ASKING STAFF TO TAKE BOARD MEMBERS' ATTENDANCE FOR OUR 6:00 PM CONTINUANCE AGENDA AND VERIFY THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE AUDIBLE.
UH, SO OUR ONE ITEM ON OUR CONTINUED CASES AGENDA IS, UH, CASE NUMBER BZA 1 2 1 2 2 8 8, UH, FOR 1 62 OTIS STREET.
UH, EAD AND SHELLY, THEY CAN JUST SHUSHAN, UH, BEING REPRESENTED BY SARAH RATTIGAN.
UM, I'M BEING INFORMED IT WAS.
WHAT'S THAT? DO WE JUST, UH, WITHDRAW OR SHOULD SARAH SPEAK TO IT? THERE IS NO SARAH HERE.
UM, WAS THERE ANYTHING IN THE FOLDER ABOUT IT? I HAVE NO, YOU HAVE IT.
SO, UM, THERE'S A REQUEST TO, UH, TO SUBMIT A WITHDRAWN DECISION, AND SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION.
UM, I MOVE THAT, UH, CASE NUMBER BZA 1 2 1 2 2 8 8.
SEEKING A VARIANCE AT 1 62 OTI STREET.
BE WITHDRAWN WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
UH, VOICE VOTE BY BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE.
UM, ACCEPT THE MOTION TO, UH, WITHDRAW THE CASE.
THANKS, DANIEL, VIRGINIA KEESLER.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, THE MOTION WITHDRAW TO WITHDRAW PASSES AND, UH, THE CASE IS WITHDRAWN AND WE HAVE NEXT UP, UH, IS SCHEDULED FOR SIX 15.
UM, SO WE'LL UH, SEE EVERYONE IN 10.