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By Ana Celerier Salcedo

The Somerville Redevelopment Authority met on the evening of Wednesday, June 21, to provide some brief updates regarding two ongoing projects. Phil Ercolini, Ben Demers, Christine Stone, Iwona Bonney, Catherine Lester Salchert, William Gage, Rachel Nadkarni, and Patrick McCormick attended the meeting.

An opportunity for public comment was offered, but no public members in attendance spoke at the time. Following this, the matter of an update from the Civic Advisory Committee’s (CAC) review regarding qualification proposals for the 90 Washington Street project was discussed.

Reportedly, the CAC met last week and wrapped up their review of submissions received regarding qualification proposals. The committee hopes to provide guidance to the authority in the next few meetings regarding the submittal process. Some next steps mentioned were that due to the current legal situation, there is yet to be a definite timeline for moving forward.

Regarding updates on the 299 Broadway Project, Rachel Nadkarni shared with those in attendance that the project has been approved and that the economic situation has been causing complications for the project’s finances.

The city recently applied for a Mass Works grant and a Housing Trust grant and hopes to receive updates regarding these grants in a few months.

As of now, the Somerville Redevelopment Authority set the next meeting date as September 20. The authority then entered an executive session regarding the 90 Washington Street litigation discussion and adjourned the meeting shortly after.