The coalition sent a letter to team leadership Monday saying it wants to be included in discussions about the venue.
“A project of this size and scale will have significant regional impacts,” Revere Mayor Patrick M. Keefe Jr. said in the statement. “We want to ensure that a stadium is contributing positively to the communities it is drawing resources from.”
“Our residents should not bear the burdens of a private stadium that has strong potential to negatively affect their day-to-day lives,” Keefe said. “We expect a seat at the table for all four communities as the New England Revolution considers mitigation strategies.”
Malden Mayor Gary Christenson said, “Our cities, along with Everett and Boston, are already interconnected through shared roads, public transit systems, and economies. We must also be connected in the planning process for a project of this size.”
“A transparent, inclusive dialogue will ensure that a new stadium for the Revolution will strengthen the entire region,” Christenson said in the statement.
A club spokesperson said it is understandable that neighboring communities have concerns.
There will be a time for everyone to have a seat at the table and have these discussion, the spokesperson said.
First, per the Legislature, agreements must be reached with Boston and Everett and the property must be removed from the Mystic River Designated Port Area, the Revs spokesperson said.
After that, a lengthy permitting process will commence, allowing everyone to be heard, he said.
The coalition’s statement raised concerns over stadium parking with plans showing only 75 on-site spaces, as well as plans for staging ride-share pick ups and drop offs.
The current ride-share proposal calls for staging lots that “could worsen congestion along key transportation corridors and strain local infrastructure,” the coalition’s statement said.
“A proactive, collaborative approach is what will lead to better outcomes for all stakeholders, including the team, surrounding communities, and the fans — thousands of whom call our cities home,” Chelsea City Manager Fidel Maltez said in the statement. “We hope the Revolution can appreciate that their offers for partnership in greater Boston must go beyond the minimum requirements. We can all work together toward shared goals.”
Medford Mayor Lungo-Koehn urged taking “a holistic approach” to invest in public transportation to make the stadium a success.
“The Revolution should be eager to come to the table with this coalition of leaders who bring a great depth of knowledge on what will work well as they bring the team to our region,” Lungo-Koehn said in the statement.
This summer, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration clashed with the team over city requests for new information about the stadium.
Wu’s planning chief, Kairos Shen, in July asked the Kraft Group-owned Revs for data points related to the impacts of the stadium, to be built just over the line in Everett.
When Revs president Brian Bilello responded, he said he was surprised at the tone of Shen’s request and that he thought negotiations to reach a mitigation package had been positive and productive.
Bilello sent the letter as talks shifted into a mediation phase, refereed by former Massport chief executive Tom Glynn, as a result of state legislation passed last fall that would remove the riverfront property from an industrial port zone so a stadium could be built there.
That legislation required the Revs to reach community mitigation agreements with the cities of Boston and Everett, and to bring in an outside mediator if deals couldn’t be reached by May 1.
Wu’s office did not respond to a request for comment from the Globe Wednesday evening.
Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria hasn’t reached a deal yet with the Revs, but he recently said at a community meeting that he’s eager to see the stadium built.
One big selling point, DeMaria said, is that the Krafts would clean up a polluted site currently home to a shuttered power plant and open up the Mystic River waterfront to the public.
Tonya Alanez can be reached at tonya.alanez@globe.com. Follow her @talanez.
