1105 Massachusetts Avenue Condominium Trust
Board of Trustees Meeting
December 18, 2025
The meeting of the 1105 Mass. Ave. Condominium Trust Board of Trustees was held on Thursday, December 18th at 4 PM via Zoom. Present for the Board were Laura Cohen, Rick Landau, Brad Settle, Peter Sullivan, and Bev Thornton. Also invited was Alexandra Solimano,
Also in attendance were Elder Nunez and Myra Miller.
BEUDO UPDATE: Brad and Myra met, via Zoom, with one of the people from the City. We have an end of the year deadline to report to them about our energy reduction plans. The City has not formalized all of their guidelines. Most buildings in Cambridge have been declared exempt from BEUDO requirements. We are a mixed use building and that is the problem for us. They are amenable to working with us. New regulations come out tomorrow. The impression seems much better than initially anticipated. We have no idea what will be required for the stores. By 2030 they need to reduce their usage by 20% - they can do that by just choosing their electric supplier. People in the tower might have to voluntarily switch carriers as well to a carrier with more solar sourced power.
We need to be at -0- emissions by 2050.
If we have 75% square footage of residential then they consider us residential. We are 72.8 with part of the first 3 floors which is below their line.
Peter suggested that they include a portion of common area to calculate the square footage.
ELEVATOR CONTRACT: MEEB (our attorney) sent back a final version which will be sent to the Cleary Elevator attorney.
Once this contract is finalized we will meet with Cleary and then communicate with all residents.
BOARD POSITIONS: Right now it was proposed to have Alexandra replace Roger and in the future Marge may replace Rick. Bev will stay on the board.
MOTION: To appoint Alexandra Solimano to fill the vacancy created by Roger O’Sulllivans resignation, Motion passes.
Future months we will deal with the other vacancies.
OTHER MAINTENANCE: The outer doors have been ordered. We should have signs ready to put on the new doors about the doors being locked. Brad will change the wording for new signs.
Both elevators are operational. (PS we had our state inspection on the 19th and both elevators passed inspection and we were issued certificates)
Peter reported that he wrote to the city about the building across the street. He reported that they will hire a manager to address the concerns of neighbors. It will be a 4 story building, and mansard roof all the way around the building. The original plan for a roof deck has been removed.
Toilet lines: Elder has a list of what has been inspected. There are a lot of valves that are old. There are also many units that have strange configurations. We will need an updated cost from Ray.
We had voted over the summer to specifically replace the toilet valves as a common expense.
Eversource demand for payment: we had our attorney send them a letter and we have not heard anything further from Eversource. It was decided to let that just lie quiet.
Peter asked about the project manager position – Brad asked for a volunteer to help get the job description done and interview. Peter and Alexandra offered to help with the interview.
PREVIOUS MONTHS MINUTES: The regular meeting minutes and Annual meeting minutes were approved as presented.
NEXT MEETING: The next board meeting will be held January 22nd at 4 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Myra Finn Miller
ELN Management