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Since the CRA made its second proposal, community groups have protested that the recommended development would leave too few blue collar jobs for the nearby working-class neighborhood after the initial construction envisioned in the CRA's plan was completed...
...CRA two months ago recommended to the City Council that Cambridge use the area for a 400-room motel, 1 million square feet of office space, 400 apartments and townhouses, and a 2800-car garage...
Councillor Frank H. Duehay '55, chairman of the Council's sub-committee on economic development and co-chairman of the Kendall Square hearings, hopes to issue a report this week to the Council on the CRA's Kendall Square proposal, but is non-committal about what that report will recommend...
...CRA officials likewise refuse to speculate on the Council's decision. The community groups, however, are universally pessimistic. "I don't know how much we can expect to get out of them [the City Council]. I'd say we have at least seven votes against us," Hard Times's Gondola said. "All we managed to do was to delay the demolition and put the plan off a few months...
Even if the Council endorses the CRA proposal, opponents hope to stymie development at later stages. Other motions that the CRA must, bring before the Council, such as zoning changes, street closings, and parking bonds, may require more than the simple majority of the Council that the present motion needs...