The City of Cambridge is recruiting for members of the Planning Board! If you are awesome, please apply!
The Planning Board usually meets 2-4 times each month on Tuesday evenings at 6:30PM. Meetings can last about 3-4 hours. Plus, 2-4 hours before each meeting reviewing materials such as plans and documents.
Members get a $6K annual stipend.
Apply with cover letter and CV here by March 6: www.cambridgema.gov/apply
More details from the City of Cambridge on the Planning Board vacancies. Please consider applying! https://www.cambridgema.gov/news/detail?path=/sitecore/content/home/CDD/News/2023/2/planningboardvacancy&utm_campaign=sproutsocial&utm_content=1675737401&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Does the planning board have real decision making authority, or is it all just recommendations for the city manager or something like that?
@ceresbzns just advisory, i think, as with most such planning boards. But as a required speed bump along the way, they have quite a bit of soft power that they can wield with/against developers. As the PB has increasingly veered away from the general tenor of city council, i think they want to bring in some fresh blood to make sure their priorities are being represented up front.
I had said publicly awhile back that I would be applying, but I'm backtracking on that. Life is very much in the way, i can't make that kind of time commitment.