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Council approves $20 million free‑cash transfers to fund Riverview response; demolition slated to start Dec. 1

Cambridge City Council · October 27, 2025
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Council approved transfers from certified free cash to replenish budgets used to begin work related to the Riverview site and the Vail Court settlement. Deputy City Manager said contractors are mobilizing and demolition is scheduled to begin Dec. 1 with an estimated four-month active demolition period.

Cambridge City Council voted to transfer certified free cash to replenish funds used to cover immediate costs connected to the Riverview building response and related matters. The council also approved related transfers to move mitigation receipts into the mitigation stabilization fund.

City finance staff explained the transfers were planned: the city had temporarily used employee-benefits funds to cover demolition-contract starts and will now replenish that account from certified free cash. Claire Spinner and other…

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