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This fall, councillors have been meeting with University officials to try to strike a last-minute deal in which Harvard could build taller buildings than the Carlson petition allows, in exchange for concessions such as providing public open space and affordable housing units for city residents.
She said the neighborhood has indicated they would be willing to allow 35-foot buildings, even though the Carlson petition caps heights at 24 feet.
Councillors declined to discuss the details of the plan. They said they were still working on hammering out the specific agreement and drafting the legal language for the zoning petition.
“If we’re able to deliver on the concepts that we’ve been working on, I think the council will see the mutual benefit and will pass the petition,” Maher said.
“Exercise due diligence and vigilance as you craft this negotiation,” Cob Carlson, the first signer of the petition that now bears his name, told the councillors last night.